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“Difficult” Female Characters Are My Jam
Apr. 17th, 2020 11:02 amvia https://ift.tt/3cpDMkz
skitzofreak:
I know that no one follows me for The Man From UNCLE content, but I happened to see a post the other day about how the dance/slap scene between Illya and Gaby was actually domestic abuse and I just…
Seriously?
Laying aside the definition of domestic abuse (these two people have known each other for approximately 2 days and have zero relationship, there is nothing domestic about any of their interactions), let’s consider the power dynamics of this scene. Because abuse is all about power dynamics, no matter what the context, right? First, the setting: This is 1964 and women are still very much considered property in most of the world. Even in America, a woman cannot open a bank account on her own, and has to have her father or husband sign any legal documents. And for women in the USSR or the German Democratic Republic, things are…not really better. So right there we already have a basic power imbalance between the two players in this scene.
And who are the players?
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skitzofreak:
I know that no one follows me for The Man From UNCLE content, but I happened to see a post the other day about how the dance/slap scene between Illya and Gaby was actually domestic abuse and I just…
Seriously?
Laying aside the definition of domestic abuse (these two people have known each other for approximately 2 days and have zero relationship, there is nothing domestic about any of their interactions), let’s consider the power dynamics of this scene. Because abuse is all about power dynamics, no matter what the context, right? First, the setting: This is 1964 and women are still very much considered property in most of the world. Even in America, a woman cannot open a bank account on her own, and has to have her father or husband sign any legal documents. And for women in the USSR or the German Democratic Republic, things are…not really better. So right there we already have a basic power imbalance between the two players in this scene.
And who are the players?
Keep reading
(Your picture was not posted)
