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⌈ Secret Post #3217 ⌋

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Irene Adler homophobia/misogyny

[(Anonymous)]

The portrayal of Irene Adler was fairly homophobic and misogynistic. I'm not personally in the fandom but I watched a few episodes.

When Watson says "I'm not gay" or something to that effect" Irene said "I am" or something of that sort. (That's the gist of it.) That's a pretty heavy double whammy of sexism and homophobia rolled into one. It's recognized that when gay men say that they're gay, then they're gay and not attracted to women (okay, it's not really. There's still homophobic people that believe that it's a choice etc). Moffat still made Irene have a romantic interest in Sherlock though, which is an issue. (If she had stated that she was bisexual or something like that then it would have been a nonissue, but the idea of Sherlock being an "exception" is ridiculous.)

Of course I'm sure this has been rehashed over and over in the fandom (which I'm not part of as I don't watch the show regularly) and there are better critiques of it I'm sure. (There's probably also special snowflakes squabbling about how it's not homophobic/sexist because of sexual fluidity/the kinsey scale. Still homophobic.) I don't actually count Irene as a lesbian (as she is attracted to Sherlock. inb4 "fluidity/exceptions." This is a portrayal and not a real life person so the conversation is totally different. The only reason she was attracted to Sherlock was because Moffat decided to go in that direction.)

I don't actually care that much though because the actual texts read surprisingly less sexist/more modern than this television interpretation. It's shoddy writing. I'd watch it as a background tv filler if it were on though.