I am really surprised that there's been no outcry over just the imagery being way inappropriate for children, let alone the ideas.
*nods* My eldest daughter (who's going on twelve) was out at a friend's last night and didn't see the episode and I had some reservations about letting her watch it, actually. But she did, and she didn't react horribly - perhaps the majority of the kids who watch DW are still too young to be able to see how horrible the story is.
I can't quite articulate what it is about the pregnancy storyline that squicks me without sounding all preachy and "earth-mother-y2 (and I'm certainly NOT like that at all!). Pregnancy is an amazing thing which can also be pretty scary. And I feel that the idea of nurturing and bringing a new life into the world shouldn't be trivilalised, you know?
The thing is, pregnancies are used in plenty of shows as plot devices and I don't feel the same way then. I don't know if you watch Fringe, but there was a pregnancy scenario in that recently that was a bit squicky (and meant to be) and I didn't get as upset by that as this is making me. It's not that I'm averse to the show going in a different direction or taking risks or whatever... it's just this one thing that feels completely WRONG.
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Date: 2011-05-29 10:33 pm (UTC)*nods* My eldest daughter (who's going on twelve) was out at a friend's last night and didn't see the episode and I had some reservations about letting her watch it, actually. But she did, and she didn't react horribly - perhaps the majority of the kids who watch DW are still too young to be able to see how horrible the story is.
I can't quite articulate what it is about the pregnancy storyline that squicks me without sounding all preachy and "earth-mother-y2 (and I'm certainly NOT like that at all!). Pregnancy is an amazing thing which can also be pretty scary. And I feel that the idea of nurturing and bringing a new life into the world shouldn't be trivilalised, you know?
The thing is, pregnancies are used in plenty of shows as plot devices and I don't feel the same way then. I don't know if you watch Fringe, but there was a pregnancy scenario in that recently that was a bit squicky (and meant to be) and I didn't get as upset by that as this is making me. It's not that I'm averse to the show going in a different direction or taking risks or whatever... it's just this one thing that feels completely WRONG.
I just posted another rant if you're interested.