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Feminism: Sex and gender discussions

Scandal TV show

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skrumle · 19/07/2013 12:25

this show is ridiculous and overblown and the trembly-lipped "emotion" makes me want to heave at times but i LOVE that there are so many women - woman boss, woman vice-president, woman supreme court judge, first lady who has ice running through her veins, woman assassin, etc, etc.

it was a scene where the male president was sitting down with a group of women advising him (eg national security advisor) and i thought how rare it was to see that - generally if a woman has a place of seniority in a TV show she's surrounded by men.

and because there are so many women when one of them does something bad/cold/unfeeling it's just normal character development rather than an indication that she's not like a real woman. it's been a spectacular feminist fail on a few occasions but still great to see so many women doing things on a TV show.

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turkeyboots · 19/07/2013 19:51

I love this show. It's great!

EldritchCleavage · 22/07/2013 13:45

Agree. What I like more is that it is not far-fetched. Current National Security Advisor is a woman (Susan Rice), Obama's Supreme Court appointment was a woman (Sotomayor), of the last 6 (approx) Secretaries of State 3 were women (Clinton, Condoleeza Rice, Madeleine Albright). We've had 2 female US ambassadors to the UN (Susan Rice, Jeanne Kirkpatrick), a female US Attorney-General (Janet Reno) and with any luck, Hilary Clinton will run for President again.

I don't know about assassins though.

EldritchCleavage · 22/07/2013 13:45

Sorry, not far-fetched in this regard. Everything else about it is as far-fetched as shit from China.

KaseyM · 22/07/2013 17:50

I agree. I love the show athough I have to keep rewinding it to understand what they're bloody saying - they speak so fast!!

skrumle · 26/07/2013 23:16

Everything else about it is as far-fetched as shit from China

snort - isn't it!?!

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walterwhiteswife · 14/03/2014 19:59

I LOVE it!!!

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