[ SECRET POST #2033 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2033 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Mortal Kombat]


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[The Young and the Restless]


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[Firefly, Joss Whedon; Sherlock BBC, Steven Moffat]


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08. http://i.imgur.com/Je2qV.png
[not really porny but implied underage sexual stuff; photomanip; snape/hermione]


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13. [SPOILER WARNING for Pokemon Black/White]



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14. [SPOILER WARNING for Kurau: Phantom Memory]



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15. [WARNING for rape]



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16. [WARNING for suicide]



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17. [WARNING for incest]

[Kono Naka ni Hikari, Imouto ga Iru!]


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18. [WARNING for animal death/abuse?]

[Eden Lake]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 00 pages, 000 secrets from Secret Submission Post #290.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

ayrt

I feel it is sexist to, as a (male) writer, decide that a title borne of respect in the original story should be replaced by one that defines the character solely by their sexuality. While I initially felt that having Irene choose "The Woman" as her title was arguably more positive than the original portrayal, with all else considered and the way other characters refer to her, I feel it is very sexist.

When taken with the fact that Moffat has written her such that everything about her is about sexuality and being sexual and how sexy she is (including the gratuitous, "let's put some t&a in this thing even if it means taking Sherlock grossly out of character" naked scene), "The Woman" being not a badge of honor for having been the first woman to beat Sherlock Holmes but a title she takes while doing sex work is.. well, pretty sexist. It reduces Irene to her sexuality and her job, where her original title elevated her, her singularity.

I'm not saying both aren't sexist. But the original was less sexist than Moffat's version, especially considering everything else about the portrayal. Sherlock didn't really seem to respect Irene -- he certainly didn't in the beginning, and when he referred to her as "The Woman" (her working title, her sexual title) it didn't feel respectful to me. It, well, reduced her to her work, to her sex. It made her faceless, essentially. In the Victorian time, referring to a woman as "The Woman" was more acceptable and made a positive example of her, while in the modern time, using a sex worker's title in a situation where you should be using her name is disrespectful, rude, and sexist.

It irks me to see a modern man write a modern woman referred to like that, when the man calling her it knows her name and chooses instead to use her code name for sex work. It irks me much more than seeing a Victorian man who lived in Victorian times write a Victorian man also living in Victorian times refer to a woman as "The Woman" out of respect, even if it does obviously have some sexist connotations.

But I suppose it would have presented a problem for Moffat, to try to have her called "The Woman" for being the one to beat Sherlock Holmes, when he didn't write her beating Sherlock Holmes, but instead being rescued by him, because according to an interview with him, being a damsel in distress who needs saving by a man is far more feminist than that evil anti-feminist sin, getting married.