[ SECRET POST #2297 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2297 ⌋

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

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 038 secrets from Secret Submission Post #328.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Real question: how is the show sexist and transphobic?

Maybe I don't pay close enough attention, and while I wouldn't call the show progressive it also never came off to me as overtly offensive either. I'm normally good and picking that sort of thing up, so if you could give me some examples it'd help me out.

(But then again I really haven't been paying super close attention to the recent seasons because I've felt the comedy overall has gotten weaker.)

[(Anonymous)]

Different Anon: I was wondering the same thing. Granted, I'm not glued to the tv when it's on, but I cant remember anything offensive.

[wldcatsprstr_14]

Hanging out to see how people respond. I really like Pysch and I'm genuinely curious about the possibility that I'm missing something.

[(Anonymous)]

That's what I was wondering. There was an episode that made me cringe in the first season (where the guy with MPD had a personality that was a woman and another one of his personality's was trying to kill the doctor who was going to help the female persona have gender reassignment surgery and omgwhatPsych) but I can't think of any transphobic issues recently.

I can't think of any sexist moments either, really. Jules and the Chief are every bit as capable as the men are and neither of them are overly sexualized. There could be something inherently sexist in that the cast has more main male characters (four) than female (two, and really the Chief almost shouldn't count as a "main" character) but I've been really enjoying that they've let Jules relax and shine a bit more, giving her some goofy moments similar to what the guys get. It helps make her a stronger character, to not have her as the lone major character acting as straightman.

OT

[(Anonymous)]

Jesus fucking Pringles I am sick of television MPD. Since when the fuck can you even get a diagnosis of GID if you already have a diagnosis of DID? You're never going to get insurance coverage for SRS.

Re: OT

[gamma_orionis]

I seem to recall that the person in question wasn't diagnosed with DID at the time... I might have that wrong, though, and I agree with the ridiculous portrayals of MPD on TV. *Shakes head*

[(Anonymous)]

Well, in the latest episode there were a lot of jokes centering around men in dresses or women who had surprise penises or the like. Just general "haha, that is not really a woman/it is an ugly man in a dress!"

Does that count?

[(Anonymous)]

da

I only remember one joke along those lines and the guy was meant to be seen as a creep. It was gross that he was asking a group of women whether they were prostitutes and even grosser that he then wanted to check to see if any of them had penises. But the joke wasn't that "omg fooled again by the transvestite prostitutes!" but that he was so awful and nasty a character. The women were all rightfully offended by him.

[(Anonymous)]

Nope it was definitely a repeated joke. I remember rolling my eyes at the first one and then getting annoyed at the repeats. The woman they replaced in the switch? There were jokes about how she was actually a man. And I recall a couple others.

OP Here

[(Anonymous)]

That's the kind of thing I'm basically talking about - one or two jokes are fine/ignorable, but it's the repetition that takes me out of the comedy and is upsetting. Plus, the whole 'chick with a dick' thing as entire punchline for the joke is pretty unoriginal and unfunny as it is. The same with the sexism I mentioned in my secret - one or two jokes are fine, but an entire series worth of jokes bugs me. Like the joke in the bigfoot episode that the woman was a nymphomaniac, coupled with the fact that Shawn message her because she had a sexy profile pic even though he has a girlfriend - no biggie. But when they've been several episodes where the 'joke' has entirely consisted of a sexually aggressive woman, coupled with how Shawn (sometimes) treats both Gus' girlfriends and his own - it's just adds up and leaves a bad taste in my mouth. I was particularly shocked in one scene in the Clue homage episode where Shawn was happily talking to the rock star about the hot groupies he'd banged - including the groupie Shawn had proven the rock star had murdered in bed. Like, if I remember correctly they even talked about how hot she was specifically. What is respect for women. WHAT IS RESPECT FOR MURDER VICTIMS.

Um, yeah. Still love Psych, just wish they'd reconsider some of the jokes :/ Even if it was only to make Shawn more likeable! (And this is coming from a fan who likes Shawn)

[(Anonymous)]

It's not. Or anyway, it only offends people who are REALLY over-sensitive.