Like I said in the post, Ruby was made me keep giving the show chances. And I liked Jo, Bela, and Ellen as well. Which is why the show's treatment of the characters hurt me so much, because I liked them and I wish that they weren't destroyed for the sake of the male characters.
As far as gendered language goes, don't you feel like words like "asshole" and "bastard" are also gendered? Would you call that sexist language as well? Granted women can be bastards too, but in the context that it's used these days it's geared more towards men and is less about parentage. I get as angry as anyone else when women are treated unfairly and poorly but I'm just curious about your opinions.
Asshole is explicitly non-gendered -- we've all got one. "Prick" or "dick" is about the closest I can think of getting to an actual slur directed toward and about men (if we don't count homophobic slurs, which fall under a different category) and "cunt" is considered to be much stronger in most places.
"Bastard" (like "son of a bitch") is generally still an attack on women -- it's saying that the man is weak because of his non-married mother; going back in time, a bastard couldn't always inherit and it make everyone look at you funny. Sexist, yes, but not all that sexist toward men.
As far as gendered language goes, don't you feel like words like "asshole" and "bastard" are also gendered? Would you call that sexist language as well? Granted women can be bastards too, but in the context that it's used these days it's geared more towards men and is less about parentage. I get as angry as anyone else when women are treated unfairly and poorly but I'm just curious about your opinions.
Asshole is explicitly non-gendered -- we've all got one. "Prick" or "dick" is about the closest I can think of getting to an actual slur directed toward and about men (if we don't count homophobic slurs, which fall under a different category) and "cunt" is considered to be much stronger in most places.
"Bastard" (like "son of a bitch") is generally still an attack on women -- it's saying that the man is weak because of his non-married mother; going back in time, a bastard couldn't always inherit and it make everyone look at you funny. Sexist, yes, but not all that sexist toward men.
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