I forget that the term was for the sex worker class in the series, but I remember characters, some of them being friends, calling her names or using her profession as an insult.
And it's like you intentionally made this occupation a supposedly respected class, but then when somebody wants to make a cheap shot, you can use any of the misogyny Whedon finds acceptable.
In a vacuum maybe it's just a bad trait, but I think in the context of Whedon's treatment of women, I can't chalk it up to just character writing.
Whedon chose to create the setting, the class of sex workers, making one on the main characters a member of that class, and the lead protagonist say the things he says.
I think that those choices make the show age especially poorly.
I forget that the term was for the sex worker class in the series, but I remember characters, some of them being friends, calling her names or using her profession as an insult.
And it's like you intentionally made this occupation a supposedly respected class, but then when somebody wants to make a cheap shot, you can use any of the misogyny Whedon finds acceptable.
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In a vacuum maybe it's just a bad trait, but I think in the context of Whedon's treatment of women, I can't chalk it up to just character writing.
Whedon chose to create the setting, the class of sex workers, making one on the main characters a member of that class, and the lead protagonist say the things he says.
I think that those choices make the show age especially poorly.
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Thank you!!