I don’t think I’m stupid or insensitive – so perhaps it’s to do with the fact that I grew up in the 70s when humour of the type we’re talking about was rife; and while I didn’t particularly like it, I’m used to it?
Well, yes, sexist thinking pervades our culture. We're used to it and that's the problem. We've internalized it. The only way to stop it is to become aware of it and speak up when it happens.
I can’t quite bring myself to believe that he’s so bloody stupid and/or insensitive as to allow his personal, unflattering views on women to be seeping into his work.
He's not doing it intentionally. But culture informs our thinking, so it's inevitable his work will take on those attitudes he's internalized. Moffat played it for laughs, but the sexist message in that episode has serious real-world consequences, i.e. blaming the woman because she dressed provocatively. Yes, it's only a TV show, but it's an influential one. There are ways Moffat could have handled it that would not have sent such disturbing messages.
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Date: 2011-03-20 10:56 pm (UTC)I don’t think I’m stupid or insensitive – so perhaps it’s to do with the fact that I grew up in the 70s when humour of the type we’re talking about was rife; and while I didn’t particularly like it, I’m used to it?
Well, yes, sexist thinking pervades our culture. We're used to it and that's the problem. We've internalized it. The only way to stop it is to become aware of it and speak up when it happens.
I can’t quite bring myself to believe that he’s so bloody stupid and/or insensitive as to allow his personal, unflattering views on women to be seeping into his work.
He's not doing it intentionally. But culture informs our thinking, so it's inevitable his work will take on those attitudes he's internalized. Moffat played it for laughs, but the sexist message in that episode has serious real-world consequences, i.e. blaming the woman because she dressed provocatively. Yes, it's only a TV show, but it's an influential one. There are ways Moffat could have handled it that would not have sent such disturbing messages.