Talking of rape of males, wouldn't the frat boy who got abducted and groped by an alien in Mystery Spot
Oh man! You don't complete your sentence there, but you are completely right! I had forgotten about the frat guy. That's a second case of a male being raped being played up for laughs, when in reality that would be emotionally scarring for that boy. You could even argue it's far worse than what happened to Sam's body in Swap Meat, given that the frat boy was in his body and aware of what was happening the whole time.
And yes, the Bechdel test really fails on all fronts I think. Mainly though, I just wanted to point out that people shouldn't be complaining about the "marginalization" of women, in a story that is about men who have no womanly-presence in their life.
Supernatural actually does a great job in showing how women can occupy many different roles.
I AM sad that there are no more recurring female characters...I really liked Ellen. But sadly, Ellen was a packaged deal with Jo, and the fandom rejected Jo.
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Date: 2010-05-28 12:33 am (UTC)Very slowly...but yes.
Talking of rape of males, wouldn't the frat boy who got abducted and groped by an alien in Mystery Spot
Oh man! You don't complete your sentence there, but you are completely right! I had forgotten about the frat guy. That's a second case of a male being raped being played up for laughs, when in reality that would be emotionally scarring for that boy. You could even argue it's far worse than what happened to Sam's body in Swap Meat, given that the frat boy was in his body and aware of what was happening the whole time.
And yes, the Bechdel test really fails on all fronts I think. Mainly though, I just wanted to point out that people shouldn't be complaining about the "marginalization" of women, in a story that is about men who have no womanly-presence in their life.
Supernatural actually does a great job in showing how women can occupy many different roles.
I AM sad that there are no more recurring female characters...I really liked Ellen. But sadly, Ellen was a packaged deal with Jo, and the fandom rejected Jo.