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Connie Neil - Jan 12, 2015 8:32:10 am PST #4830 of 5827
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Sophia Brooks - Jan 12, 2015 11:59:18 am PST #4831 of 5827
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I have heard 2 men (in real life) complain that though they like Agent Carter, they really want to stop with the heavy-handedness of emphasizing that she is a woman, and that women after the war were displaced, etc. They really felt like they were being hit over the head with it.
I didn't at all. Did anyone else? I am wondering if it is one of those "Woman talk 20% of the time and men perceive them as monopolizing the conversation" things.
-t - Jan 12, 2015 12:32:42 pm PST #4832 of 5827
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I thought women being displaced thing was kind of underplayed, personally. I think you are right in your analogy.
Zenkitty - Jan 12, 2015 12:49:19 pm PST #4833 of 5827
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
I think you're right on, too, Sophia.
Dana - Jan 12, 2015 1:02:03 pm PST #4834 of 5827
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
I suspect that "hitting over the head" = mentioning at all.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 12, 2015 3:30:23 pm PST #4835 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
For what it's worth, I thought it was a bit strong in regards to Peggy and her relationship with the SSR, though appropriate to the period in general. I mean, I doubt guys were snapping their fingers for the lady guarding the door at Project Rebirth to go fetch them a fresh cup of coffee.
Connie Neil - Jan 12, 2015 3:31:44 pm PST #4836 of 5827
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Well, there's "guarding the door" and then there's "let's tuck the pretty secretary/assistant out of the way while the important work gets done." They may not know what she did. They all think she slept with Steve and probably Howard.
Jessica - Jan 12, 2015 4:42:14 pm PST #4837 of 5827
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I mean, I doubt guys were snapping their fingers for the lady guarding the door at Project Rebirth to go fetch them a fresh cup of coffee.
This sort of thing still happens now, what makes you think it wasn't going on in the 40s?
quester - Jan 12, 2015 5:18:51 pm PST #4838 of 5827
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.
I was disappointed. I thought the show would be about Carter and her intrepid band during the war. the post war chauvanism isn't what i thought i was getting.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jan 13, 2015 5:36:04 am PST #4839 of 5827
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
My point is that the SSR in New York City had more than one woman in a position of responsibility, contributing to their projects capably, just a couple of years before the setting of Agent Carter. It seems beyond the pale to me that every interaction Peggy has with people in that same organization is now tinged with condescension and dismissal of her agency.