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mousmeDear 24,
Way to reinforce the notion that women say "no" only because they really mean "yes," and want men to pursue them. Persistence is a virtue, after all, and not at all creepy. If a woman says she doesn't want a relationship with you, then clearly what she really wants is for you to grab her and force her to kiss you —especially if you're her immediate boss. That really doesn't foster any kind of power inequalities, noooo. All it will do is make her melt into your arms and declare her undying love.
Sadly, because your writers SUCK, that last scenario is exactly what happened. You've set back the equality movement by about fifteen years. Congratulations.
No love,
Me
Way to reinforce the notion that women say "no" only because they really mean "yes," and want men to pursue them. Persistence is a virtue, after all, and not at all creepy. If a woman says she doesn't want a relationship with you, then clearly what she really wants is for you to grab her and force her to kiss you —especially if you're her immediate boss. That really doesn't foster any kind of power inequalities, noooo. All it will do is make her melt into your arms and declare her undying love.
Sadly, because your writers SUCK, that last scenario is exactly what happened. You've set back the equality movement by about fifteen years. Congratulations.
No love,
Me
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24
Date: 2009-02-25 05:06 am (UTC)Are you really surprised that it promotes the trope of "force her, she'll like it"??
The s/m aesthetic is what gives 24 its hold on people to whom happy, consensual sex is a) wrong b) boring c) both. Don't look for a normal woman of any orientation having happy, warm, affectionate and honest sex EVAH. To 24, the only woman worth "having" is one who has to be forced.
Don't you remember
Mistress ColdMiss Driscoll from that season which joyfully promoted torture, Islamophobia, torture, racism, and oh, did I mention, torture? Including one episode in which some military guy was told that they knew his son didn't know anything about a particular crisis, but "he seems to be holding back" (something presumably irrelevant) and so his dad sternly ordered his son tortured anyway?The series is all about torture in gloomy rooms. For me, the writing itself rose to the level of near-torture.
And calling an adult woman, or any woman over sixteen, "Miss" is degrading, implying she is a pre-pubescent little girl. AAAGGHHH.
You're right to congratulate them, because they have an agenda and any time they are able to make oppression, subjugation, and discrimination "sexy," they will.
Let me fill your time with the Bloody Jack series by L.A. Meyer instead! You'll be MUCH HAPPIER!
Re: 24 -- It's like the candy company inspection skit on Monty Python
Date: 2009-02-25 11:04 am (UTC)Re: 24 -- It's like the candy company inspection skit on Monty Python
Date: 2009-02-25 01:24 pm (UTC)Re: 24 -- It's like the candy company inspection skit on Monty Python
Date: 2009-02-25 03:11 pm (UTC)Hah! :)