Date: 2010-12-17 06:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imelda72.livejournal.com
Gender imbalance, yes. There were no women leading the resistance, which is ridiculous. That's why I'm saying that I'm bitter Lauroslin wasn't more involved in it. My point was that you're saying that you think the Kacey storyline is sexist because you wanted Kara to be in the resistance. But those are 2 separate issues that shouldn't be causal.


And don't you think there's a bit of misogyny in the fact that they used a motherhood storyline to basically "break" Kara and have her accept Leoben's brainwashing to some extent (what with the handclutching in the hospital)? .... I can't imagine them, for example, using Lee's fear of parenthood (as explored briefly in Black Market) against him in a similar scenario to this


Hm, I do see your point. But it's a good storyline. Am I missing something if I suggest that perhaps Lee's character is the one that loses out in this gender bias, rather than Kara's?

Date: 2010-12-18 07:38 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] imelda72.livejournal.com
I totally see where you're coming from.

I guess for me, for something to bother me as sexist it has to be harmful, or unfair, somehow. And while you could argue that this storyline furthers the "women are only important as mothers" stereotype, I don't think anyone saw Kara that way, even after Kacey. It didn't define or limit her character in any way-- like you said, it was just an experience that contributed to her trauma.

It's a fine line to walk, and I hesitate at the implication that maternal-ish storylines should be taboo for strong women, just because it's not done with men.

Lee misses out on a lot of good storylines,

He sure does. For me the defining aspects of his character are his rocky relationship with his dad, which was largely resolved in the mini, and his lifelong chase of Kara. Not much else about him seemed to be consistent, or sticks in my mental image of him. (I think even with all the fail, and the fact that Lee lives and Kara dies [twice], the writers did a better job with her character. Or is that just my Kara-bias rearing its forceful head?) ;-)

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