Anyway. what I’ve been wondering is whether I’m dim, insensitive or just a bad feminist, because I’m prepared to dismiss it as – admittedly poor - “schoolboy humour” rather than deliberate sexism.
My struggle exactly. I think what it came down for me is that Amy is a woman in charge-- we see that time after time. She has had her jabs on others (perhaps too many on Rory, and even the Doctor with her constant badgering on his bow tie, or heck, the first Meanwhile in the TARDIS scene were she mocks his whole physical appearance), and I'm the type to believe in equality across the board, so really. It was only time. :) I think Amy can handle the teasings Rory and the Doctor give her because she can dish them right back. She has what is stereotypically a "man's sense of humor", meaning the put downs and the mocking & etc, which I think is only natural with her being written by a man who has such strong patriarchal views. That being said, I don't mean this to be a put-down of Amy's character. I'm pretty much in love with the ginger. :}
I also didn't take offense to these scenes when I first watched them because just about every aspect of my life is filled with some sort of feminism or feminism in action. Doctor Who is supposed to be my break from all that. I successfully turn the switch off when I watch Doctor Who and take in all of its cheesy-ness, it's political incorrect-ness, everything.
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Date: 2011-03-22 04:09 am (UTC)My struggle exactly. I think what it came down for me is that Amy is a woman in charge-- we see that time after time. She has had her jabs on others (perhaps too many on Rory, and even the Doctor with her constant badgering on his bow tie, or heck, the first Meanwhile in the TARDIS scene were she mocks his whole physical appearance), and I'm the type to believe in equality across the board, so really. It was only time. :) I think Amy can handle the teasings Rory and the Doctor give her because she can dish them right back. She has what is stereotypically a "man's sense of humor", meaning the put downs and the mocking & etc, which I think is only natural with her being written by a man who has such strong patriarchal views. That being said, I don't mean this to be a put-down of Amy's character. I'm pretty much in love with the ginger. :}
I also didn't take offense to these scenes when I first watched them because just about every aspect of my life is filled with some sort of feminism or feminism in action. Doctor Who is supposed to be my break from all that. I successfully turn the switch off when I watch Doctor Who and take in all of its cheesy-ness, it's political incorrect-ness, everything.