Curfew - new dystopian drama imagines male curfew

[ArabellaScott]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cnvdgl37qz3o

'Set in a dystopian future, the show imagines a society where all men live under The Women’s Safety Act and are subjected to a government-imposed curfew from 19:00 to 07:00, with their movements tracked 24/7 by ankle tags.
The goal? To drastically reduce violence against women.'

Looks possibly interesting.

'Curfew also questions whether women are capable of violent acts, challenging traditional gender norms'

Hmm.

Have earmarked this to watch - am interested in what its actual underlying moral message is. Hope it isn’t as subtle as a sledgehammer…

I see that someone has run with this idea that's often talked about whenever the police or other authorities suggest that women don't go out alone at night/in the dark in order to prevent violence against them.

I wonder if it will address the issue that women often face violence in the home, so having a curfew might actually make it more dangerous for some who live with violent men.

'Curfew also questions whether women are capable of violent acts, challenging traditional gender norms' - this is also quite stupid. Yes, women are capable of violent acts, we know this because a very small percentage of women currently do commit violent acts. So women are capable of it, but most of the time, the vast majority don't. Or, do they mean violent acts against other women, because there are no men around? I guess I'll have to watch and find out, thanks for posting about it here @ArabellaScott !

I shall look out for that. Thanks.

then again, if men can define themselves as women ….

I wonder if it will address the issue that women often face violence in the home, so having a curfew might actually make it more dangerous for some who live with violent men.

Thats a really good point, and I imagine a lot of women could get guilted / forced into also staying at home during those hours.

I wonder how and if it deals with the trans issue?

Exactly.

I wonder if they are including transwomen in their definition of women and if they are let off curfew as they have women feelings

Oh that's really interesting, thanks for telling us about that.

I'd love to see what they do with it, but alas it's on a subscription channel (Paramount+).

I shall read everyone's comments avidly!

I wonder if it will go into the practicalities - there’d need to be a huge increase in (female?) police officers to attend “domestics” if all the men are stuck at home drinking. Would workplaces adapt and allow men to leave earlier so they can commute home by 7pm? Would the “night-time economy” collapse without male bartenders and bouncers, and would numbers of women going to bars, clubs, cinema etc increase enough for them to remain viable?

What happens to dating, etc? Huge change in workplace culture if work and/or lunchtime is the only time men and women can meet and socialise together. Or would men be allowed out during curfew as long as they have a woman with them? Is a woman walking a man home so he’s not out alone after curfew any safer than a woman being walked home by a man?

It’s one of those nice “what if” thought experiments but the practicalities make it unworkable.

The BBC article says it is an adaptation of a book so I might try and read the book first before watching. Often with these sorts of things, the book can provide more of the "world building" of the type you mention than the series can.

'Curfew also questions whether women are capable of violent acts, challenging traditional gender norms'

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Well of course they are as a gazillion MN posters will declare with glee on any thread discussing Male Violence.

But it will never be as frequent, deadly and with the malice that occurs the other way round. And I can't imagine a time where men as a class will ever feel this fear the way many women do.

But thanks for heads up OP

What part of this is "dystopian"?

Bugger it's on Paramount

How is that a dystopia? 😆

If they did pander to gender identity, presumably people who switched between male & female would decide at the time whether they were on curfew that night or not. Which is obviously ridiculous.

This has made me wonder... Do we actually have stats on the time of day of MVAWAG? I'm sure there are some hotspots like night buses, but in general, is it a dramatic difference? All my experiences with flashing, harassment etc have been during the day. Lucky enough not to have experienced anything more serious.

I'd have thought that the ankle tagging would be more effective than a curfew, because you could place men at the scene of any violence and be able to prove they were present, rather than have no idea who was responsible. The curfew just seems like the headline grabbing part.

Thanks, I will watch this, looks like the whole series comes tomorrow, though check to make sure before subscribing so anyone wanting to watch it there may be a free trial of a week.

Yeah, sorry, I don't even really know what that is or how to see it!

If you have prime amazon yu can pay atm 3.50 a month and there are few films on there to watch. I watched a few reality on there naked dating with rylan presenting lol think love island but all stark naked you saw everything lol

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58475883-after-dark

The programme is based on this book.

I have it atm only gor a month as they offered me it for that price I think usually 6 a month i don't find alot on there but enough to say watch a bit then cancel after a month

Oh such a curfew SOUNDS wonderful -
but of course it couldn't work with men claiming they "identify as female"!!

I expect they will be. Or there will be a sad scene where it's made very clear that this is unfair.

There was a thread about a male curfew, it went down well (it didn’t).