As I was browsing around, I came upon this amazing piece of journalism:
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Story?id=4895398&page=1
Aside from the glaring inconsistencies within the article, I couldn't believe my luck. This article basically took the next step-- idiots who emulate people they see on television-- and tied my Sex and the City editorial to my Gossip Girl diatribe. The circle of life continues.
So, now that we've established that women should use sex merely as a tool, much like birds who use sticks to fish ants from a mound, we add that to the culture of gossip and end up with this: women who cannot even make decisions about their own sexuality and need to take cues from television. I can see the class-action lawsuit right now.
Not that I would really mourn the loss of such outstanding television, but the fact that stupid women admit to being stupid due to the actions of fictitious stupid women is just another blow against woman as a social entity. Women have suffered such a loss of identity that it is difficult to create one for oneself-- it is easier to co-opt one from mainstream culture, either in jest or genuinely. Either you really think the key to happiness is a pair of foot-binding Italian shoes, or you know that you'll never be happy so you might as well look like you're happy. As long as people (mostly other women) can look at you and instantly be able to draw a conclusion about you, it doesn't matter if you have real feelings or not.
Hopefully, this nice Mormon girl will never watch The Shield. The church would not look kindly upon a handful of murders.
3 comments:
I think that it's all a matter of maturity. Notice that the "Lisa" was 14 when she began watching. She took away the message that being a slut is cool. The other woman was watching in her 20's and got the message that independence is good, that you need to be who you are first, women friends count for a lot and it's OK to enjoy sex. Older women relate their experiences to the show, not tailor their experiences to match the show. That's the difference in my opinion. (In the spirit of candor, I enjoy the show, laugh at the show, but am not obsessed and will wait and Netflix the movie.)
I will be back tomorrow or Monday to read the rest of your entries. Welcome to blogdom. You've made a lovely addition.
First of all, shut up. Second, gils of that age should be watching Naruto, so that boys will give them the time of day.
I'm not suggesting that older women will actively emulate the show, just that the show is a representation of what is okay in our culture, and that older women are already acting like that. Seeing the show is merely validation of what they've been taught to be like over the years.
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