There are so many awesome points in this post & the comments!
I'm not even sure how I navigated my way here, honestly :P But I'm glad I did.
I have lamented about this trend in The Big Bang Theory as well. That show has a metric fuck-ton of gender!fail, but one of the things that really gets me is how the smart, nerdy women (or rather, woman, because as of s2 there was only one ... haven't seen s3) have to be either sluts or bitches or both. In order to be on the same level as Sheldon & the gang, Dr Leslie Winkle is both bitchy and portrayed as slutty - which gets into the whole conceit of "women who like sex in and of itself and have more than one partner are automatically sluts, while this is totally normal behavior for men" - Gag! The one exception that I've seen is Dr. Barnett, who becomes Leonard's girlfriend in s2. She is a Medical Doctor, and when she enjoys sex, it's a positive thing. But, she's also clingy and not Leonard's "true love" or whatever.
I haven't seen NCIS or Dr. Who, but there are so many other examples of this on tv! Thanks for pointing it out, even if the people who need to read it probably aren't the ones reading!
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I'm not even sure how I navigated my way here, honestly :P But I'm glad I did.
I have lamented about this trend in The Big Bang Theory as well. That show has a metric fuck-ton of gender!fail, but one of the things that really gets me is how the smart, nerdy women (or rather, woman, because as of s2 there was only one ... haven't seen s3) have to be either sluts or bitches or both. In order to be on the same level as Sheldon & the gang, Dr Leslie Winkle is both bitchy and portrayed as slutty - which gets into the whole conceit of "women who like sex in and of itself and have more than one partner are automatically sluts, while this is totally normal behavior for men" - Gag!
The one exception that I've seen is Dr. Barnett, who becomes Leonard's girlfriend in s2. She is a Medical Doctor, and when she enjoys sex, it's a positive thing. But, she's also clingy and not Leonard's "true love" or whatever.
I haven't seen NCIS or Dr. Who, but there are so many other examples of this on tv! Thanks for pointing it out, even if the people who need to read it probably aren't the ones reading!