I’m not a fan of the soft porn at all either, at times, it gets tedious waiting for it to end. Hulking men with exquisite bodies and complex personalities are treated like toys by the women. This new female gaze is no more kind, for the men are viewed as objects to be used and abused and little else, for they are slaves, and in the eyes of the wealthy Romans, living toys and workers. They gaze upon them as objects, just as women were so often objectified by the ‘male’ gaze in traditional Hollywood cinema and film. Lucretia and her rival, companion, and ‘frenemy’ Illythia, often call the gladiators to them. And this power is displayed in fascinating ways on the Orbis Mediology blog, a post regarding Spartacus describes this female power Patriarchy you see, still prevails, despite the illusion of female power. There is also the fact that even the women in power have limited authority, which is second after their husband or father’s authority. All the shows have gratuitous soft porn in common, as well as a generous dose of misogynist societies where women, even those in power, often wind up victims of crimes, abuse, or just plain unfortunate circumstances. Other favorite shows of mine are the old historical dramas like Spartacus, The Borgias, The Tudors and lest we forget, Game Of Thrones. The man’s a pig, but what can a feminist who was watching The X-Files when she was nine years old do?
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Back in 2011, a newly-made friend was surprised when I told him I liked Californication for example, and immediately chuckled and said, “Don’t tell the feminists you watch it, they’ll eat you alive!” The statement was less of a slur to feminists and more an acknowledgment that as charming as Hank Moody may be, he’s a womanizing, misogynist douche who cannot be vindicated by his true love for Karen of how he sexually objectifies women. Nor do I hide the sort of television shows I watch.