thought for the day
A show that isn't utilising all its existing female characters is not going to utilise new female characters any better than it does the existing ones.
The problem is very rarely the lack of existing strong female characters but the lack of knowledge of what to do with them - or, specifically, with more than one of them.
And because the problem is that the (white, male) writers don't know what to do with more than one woman (especially when the second female character isn't white), this problem is never, ever solved by throwing more female characters into the mix.
eta: Yes, shows need more female characters, without a doubt! However. I've never yet seen a show that could do better with more female characters when it was doing not-so-well with less.
And yes, Sanctuary does fine with one female character. Most modern shows do right by at least one of their female characters. It's when you have more than one that problems crop up. The second female's skills tend to be ignored or dismissed, her characterisation is underdeveloped or tossed every which way according to convenience, and/or she's turned into a stereotype and never rounded out.
The problem is very rarely the lack of existing strong female characters but the lack of knowledge of what to do with them - or, specifically, with more than one of them.
And because the problem is that the (white, male) writers don't know what to do with more than one woman (especially when the second female character isn't white), this problem is never, ever solved by throwing more female characters into the mix.
eta: Yes, shows need more female characters, without a doubt! However. I've never yet seen a show that could do better with more female characters when it was doing not-so-well with less.
And yes, Sanctuary does fine with one female character. Most modern shows do right by at least one of their female characters. It's when you have more than one that problems crop up. The second female's skills tend to be ignored or dismissed, her characterisation is underdeveloped or tossed every which way according to convenience, and/or she's turned into a stereotype and never rounded out.