[ SECRET POST #2419 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2419 ⌋

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Notes:

Way early because taking dog to the vet. :c

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

the problem is simply that the works and people who are targets of these vague accusations usually aren't really sexist, but include depictions of genders or people that can be read as simplifying them, stereotyping them etc.
most of the time though that's a) due to the fact that narration has to describe things, and has to rely on discourse to be understood, which in turn can still carry connotations that can be read sexist and b) that the writers are only humans and have their range of experience, which they shape into characters and narrative. You're not neccessarily Sexist just because most women in your fiction are housewives. Maybe that's just your world. That's the thing with fiction: it's like looking into a kaleidoscope through someone else's eyes. It's not religious dogma, and shouldn't be treated as such.
(not that I'm at all familliar with this guy...:P But I remember how I, having watched the two seasons of sherlock, was astonished to find so many accusations aimed at Moffat (whom I was compl. unaware of, anyway) claiming he/his writing was sexist.)

[nyxelestia]

I think part of it is that Moffat has said and done some sexist things beforehand (in interviews and such), and so whenever someone doesn't like a character of his and the character is female, the default is to jump to accusations of sexism and misogyny. Granted, I've only seen his Doctor Who and Sherlock, but while there are some problematic themes here and there, they don't seem to be particularly worse than the way female characters in popular media in general are written, and most of the reasons for why people claim his writing of River Song or Irene Adler are misogynistic are kind of nonsensical or are only partly to due with the characters and writing themselves and more to do with who was writing them.