So, no surprise I am a male, one with some old fashioned ideas tempered by lifetime of experience.
I think women have been in a unique place the past several decades, where they can decide in and of themselves without undo societal pressure one way or another, to go into the traditional stay-at-home-mom role, enter the workforce as a career woman and balance work, family etc, or switch between the two(i.e work, stay at home and then back to their career), or simply be a career woman with no nuclear family. It is not to say men do not also have these choices but it is more uncommon and the societal expectation are different (note this thread is very ethnocentric as I simply only know about modern U.S. culture).
I started this thread for a specific reason, a part of it is deeply personal that I shall not go into publicly. But I am very curious how the women of the forum feel about Adalind, Juliette, Rosalee and Truble (and any other females you want to toss)in portrayal as women? In particular I note in some threads some voiced a bit of disappointment or dissent that a female character seemed to be retrofitted to a more demure presence. Now as the above self-described male, I figured, well not much, given from my perspective choices abound. But I am not a woman and it seemed there was some indication that there was a minor debasement or some words I cannot put to font to describe the sentiments that seemed to be trying to be conveyed. So I am very curious as to the female perspective; I am specially asking for the ever thoughtful Irukandji and Robyn to participate and of course welcome the opinions of any other thoughtful, sentient female.
I think women have been in a unique place the past several decades, where they can decide in and of themselves without undo societal pressure one way or another, to go into the traditional stay-at-home-mom role, enter the workforce as a career woman and balance work, family etc, or switch between the two(i.e work, stay at home and then back to their career), or simply be a career woman with no nuclear family. It is not to say men do not also have these choices but it is more uncommon and the societal expectation are different (note this thread is very ethnocentric as I simply only know about modern U.S. culture).
I started this thread for a specific reason, a part of it is deeply personal that I shall not go into publicly. But I am very curious how the women of the forum feel about Adalind, Juliette, Rosalee and Truble (and any other females you want to toss)in portrayal as women? In particular I note in some threads some voiced a bit of disappointment or dissent that a female character seemed to be retrofitted to a more demure presence. Now as the above self-described male, I figured, well not much, given from my perspective choices abound. But I am not a woman and it seemed there was some indication that there was a minor debasement or some words I cannot put to font to describe the sentiments that seemed to be trying to be conveyed. So I am very curious as to the female perspective; I am specially asking for the ever thoughtful Irukandji and Robyn to participate and of course welcome the opinions of any other thoughtful, sentient female.
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