Do you know, when I got up this morning and read another post on my flist that I disagreed with, rather than reply and be jumped on I opened Word instead and started to write. I didn't get as far as you in constructing an actual essay, but I was thinking along similar lines!
What I wrote (not to post, but just to get it out of my system) was this:
'I think the problem with this debate has been one of coming at the issue from completely different and mutually exclusive directions. The feminist side are seeing only the gender issue, and nothing else.
But the thing is, the show isn't written as a gender study, and this isn't about what people, in general, do or don't deserve. That's an academic abstract. The show is written as a story about characters. And the fact is that Dean is not a sophisticated guy, at all. He expresses himself crudely at the best of times, and that is a direct result of the way he was raised. Now, where Ruby is concerned, the only thing that matters to him is the fact that she is a demon. It's all he can see. She is a demon and she cannot be trusted, she has designs on his brother, her motives remain very much unknown, and she scares him. He expresses that fear and suspicion with invective because he just isn't articulate enough to express his gut reaction to her any other way. No, it isn't politically correct, but it is a very real characteristic. That's just life. And anyone who can't accept that maybe shouldn't be watching.'
And then I felt better, saved it without editing or re-drafting, and got on with my morning. *G*
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Date: 2008-05-21 03:29 pm (UTC)Do you know, when I got up this morning and read another post on my flist that I disagreed with, rather than reply and be jumped on I opened Word instead and started to write. I didn't get as far as you in constructing an actual essay, but I was thinking along similar lines!
What I wrote (not to post, but just to get it out of my system) was this:
'I think the problem with this debate has been one of coming at the issue from completely different and mutually exclusive directions. The feminist side are seeing only the gender issue, and nothing else.
But the thing is, the show isn't written as a gender study, and this isn't about what people, in general, do or don't deserve. That's an academic abstract. The show is written as a story about characters. And the fact is that Dean is not a sophisticated guy, at all. He expresses himself crudely at the best of times, and that is a direct result of the way he was raised. Now, where Ruby is concerned, the only thing that matters to him is the fact that she is a demon. It's all he can see. She is a demon and she cannot be trusted, she has designs on his brother, her motives remain very much unknown, and she scares him. He expresses that fear and suspicion with invective because he just isn't articulate enough to express his gut reaction to her any other way. No, it isn't politically correct, but it is a very real characteristic. That's just life. And anyone who can't accept that maybe shouldn't be watching.'
And then I felt better, saved it without editing or re-drafting, and got on with my morning. *G*