The first season was actually pretty good to women--I loved Boomer, Athena (on the planet), Dualla (and her flirtations with Billy), and even the pre-Victorian-hysteric Cally, who just joined the military to pay for dental school. But as the show progressed it became like a sycophant at the Altar of Hegemonic Masculinity. All the "strong" women you see have just embraced the disturbing, destructive values of hegemonic masculinity, from trying to suppress/erase emotional responses, grossly out-of-porportion violence, and even RAPE OF WOMEN (Caine). By the end, the only women left were sexy robots. And women are continually punished for their bad choices (Ellen, Cally, Tory, Boomer) while the men consistently get away with it and are even sometimes later validated (Baltar, Tyrol, Tigh).
Honestly, given that, I think it should be just as offensive to men as it is to women. That particular brand of masculinity is something no one should be embracing.
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Date: 2009-03-21 03:44 pm (UTC)The first season was actually pretty good to women--I loved Boomer, Athena (on the planet), Dualla (and her flirtations with Billy), and even the pre-Victorian-hysteric Cally, who just joined the military to pay for dental school. But as the show progressed it became like a sycophant at the Altar of Hegemonic Masculinity. All the "strong" women you see have just embraced the disturbing, destructive values of hegemonic masculinity, from trying to suppress/erase emotional responses, grossly out-of-porportion violence, and even RAPE OF WOMEN (Caine). By the end, the only women left were sexy robots. And women are continually punished for their bad choices (Ellen, Cally, Tory, Boomer) while the men consistently get away with it and are even sometimes later validated (Baltar, Tyrol, Tigh).
Honestly, given that, I think it should be just as offensive to men as it is to women. That particular brand of masculinity is something no one should be embracing.