http://www.cracked.com/article_23090_th ... exist.html
Oh just so many problems with this...
cmsellers wrote:@Nathan: The primary author is also named Nathan, so you really should read it to support him. That said, I'll oblige, because I read these sorts of articles for some reason, at least when they get linked here.They may actually have a point about the last one; too bad they felt the need to pad it with the first four points. They may also have a point about PMS jokes, but it's a point that belongs in an article about hackish writing.
- TV shows depict sex as awesome for men and a mixed bag for women.
- Strong women keep becoming mothers.
- TV shows make PMS jokes.
- The only way for a woman on TV to be strong is by being manly.
- Only one in four writers are male, and that number has been mostly flat since the eighties.
Zevran wrote:Magic can kill. Knives can kill. Even small children launched at great speeds can kill.
sunglasses wrote:
1. Yeah, they do. It's irritating.
2. *sigh* Kinda? But why can't you be a strong woman and a mother? Why is it either/or?!
3. Yeah...
4. Yes. That's somewhat true but if they're too masculine they're considered a bitch.
5. dunno
Female characters seem far more likely to be brutally raped than to initiate and enjoy casual sex ... as if we're more comfortable with the former.
Sometimes it's played for laughs ("I bet our weird friend Steve has a dead hooker in his basement!"), and sometimes it's dramatic ("I bet our weird suspect Steve has a dead hooker in his basement"). Either way, the message is the same: Women (or girls) getting sexually exploited is either hilarious or kind of their own fault.
Parks' Leslie and The Mindy Project's Mindy also both got saddled with kids in later seasons, seemingly out of a desire to check a box on the "female character development" list, rather than because it made any logical sense.
AdricDePsycho wrote:I don't know what this Girls is, but it sounds disappointing.
Taluun wrote:AdricDePsycho wrote:I don't know what this Girls is, but it sounds disappointing.
If you want to watch a show about a bunch of upper middle class girls in there 20's complaining about how tough their life is then you will love it.
The only people who I have personally met who love it also seem to fit that description or aren't far from it. A general lack of self-awareness almost seems required to enjoy it.
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