Mmm, Meta...

[blubird_pie]

Swapping Spit and Satin Panties: Sexual Objectification of the Male Characters in Supernatural

Summary: Despite plausible allegations of sexism, women still like Supernatural. Also, Dean gets kissed by demons a lot. Maybe these things are related? And no, I’m not saying we just watch for the h/c and the pretty.
Word count: 2,000 yes I know

Comments

[blubird_pie]

Yeah, I think Show changes a great deal from S1 to the present. I do think that some things changed when they realized just how much of the audience was women, and we know that Kripke pays at least a bit of attention to fandom, in which hurt!Dean is a pretty common trope. Still, Meg's sexual harassment was an issue as early as 1.16, and the vampire-baiting kiss is also from season 1. You're right though, that there started to be alot more of that kind of thing in later seasons.

You also bring up an interesting point with the gendered insults that Dean uses. The way Dean is gendered and the way he reacts to gender could be a whole other meta (my next project?!). He certainly seems more willing to buy into traditional gender stereotypes than Sam, but he also seems to relate more to women and to be assigned more "feminine" characteristics, in some ways- like putting his family most, liking children...Sort of a half-baked set of ideas on my part, but it's a nifty train of thought.

Thanks for the comment, especially since the subject matter was a turn off! ;) It was good to hear your point of view.