And the stigmatizing of female characters who are outside the stereotypical boundaries.
You know what's funny? I remember watching BtVS S3 when it first aired--there was an episode where Faith was supposed to be guarding wolf Oz, I think, and she was rocking out to heavy metal? And I remember thinking "goddammit, here is a kickass goth chick, you just KNOW they are going to make her evil!" I was very pissed off about it; I think I actually stopped watching partly because of that. (And of course, because there was no Spike in S3.)
But, y'know, it's true. A woman can't be rebellious and disinterested in social norms without being crazy, miserable, and/or evil, and needing to be reformed or killed.
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And the stigmatizing of female characters who are outside the stereotypical boundaries.
You know what's funny? I remember watching BtVS S3 when it first aired--there was an episode where Faith was supposed to be guarding wolf Oz, I think, and she was rocking out to heavy metal? And I remember thinking "goddammit, here is a kickass goth chick, you just KNOW they are going to make her evil!" I was very pissed off about it; I think I actually stopped watching partly because of that. (And of course, because there was no Spike in S3.)
But, y'know, it's true. A woman can't be rebellious and disinterested in social norms without being crazy, miserable, and/or evil, and needing to be reformed or killed.