I want to say lots of things about this post, but I don't have the time right now, however, I do question this statement you made...
When I first saw the various debates here on LJ which talked about how Moffat’s views on women – ones that he’s not been shy of expressing in a number of interviews
...since I don't think he has done so in a "number of interviews" - every time this discussion comes up, bloggers always link to that same article that you have extracted here.
Now, I can see where people have issues with what he says, HOWEVER, the first quote is in direct reaction to a question about Coupling (which doesn't excuse it, so much as explain those character choices) and I do wonder whether the second quote is about the men in that same series.
I know this comment of mine might come off as defensive (for Moffat the man and Moffat the writer), but I really haven't read these kind of comments in a "number of interviews". If Moffat was making a habit of it, I'd be more willing to agree - but as everyone points to one interview that is most likely about one show he wrote, I have a hard time with people using it as justification to write off everything he does as the work of a misogynist.
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Date: 2011-03-21 02:21 am (UTC)When I first saw the various debates here on LJ which talked about how Moffat’s views on women – ones that he’s not been shy of expressing in a number of interviews
...since I don't think he has done so in a "number of interviews" - every time this discussion comes up, bloggers always link to that same article that you have extracted here.
Now, I can see where people have issues with what he says, HOWEVER, the first quote is in direct reaction to a question about Coupling (which doesn't excuse it, so much as explain those character choices) and I do wonder whether the second quote is about the men in that same series.
I know this comment of mine might come off as defensive (for Moffat the man and Moffat the writer), but I really haven't read these kind of comments in a "number of interviews". If Moffat was making a habit of it, I'd be more willing to agree - but as everyone points to one interview that is most likely about one show he wrote, I have a hard time with people using it as justification to write off everything he does as the work of a misogynist.