Couldnt help notice the new season of Sherlock is even more White Knight lately. Nearly every female character shown as stronger or smarter than even Sherlock himself & Watsons impassioned speech about how 'men should be grateful for even a tiny bit of time given to them from any woman at all'

furchfur · 2017-01-09T23:39:56+00:00

All of the BBC programming is anti male propaganda. Even tonight on University challenge. What does the following acronym relate to: "Only Boys Accepting Feminism Get Kissed Meaningfully".

Mnemonics for the Harvard Spectral Classification Scheme

The BBC is totally feminist. Just do not watch it! The problem they have is that men and boys do not tend to watch TV anymore. Much harder to influence society and males on the internet.

iainmf · 2017-01-10T00:56:15+00:00

In the Conan Doyle stories, women generally are described as flighty, delicate and emotional, but actual female characters are often portrayed as capable, strong women. And one of the people (4 in total I think) who gets the upper hand on Holmes is a woman.

If I remember correctly, Watson's wife is portrayed as being patient and understanding in the face of his being called away to help Holmes at odd hours or for extended periods of time. Watson is very grateful for her understanding and forbearance.

It is actually quite interesting to see how women were portrayed in popular media in that time period 1886-1914. Although gender roles are clear, I think that female characters in Doyles Holmes stories are respected and there is no sign that women were 'oppressed'.

ThePigmanAgain · 2017-01-10T00:36:13+00:00

Now i'm even more glad that i don't watch it. Am i correct in assuming it's from the notoriously anti-male BBC? I am, aren't i?

Mythandros · 2017-01-10T01:35:35+00:00

For what it's worth... The show was good. Was. Once.

Imnotmrabut · 2017-01-10T10:46:52+00:00

There was a shift in writing and production quality back in Season 3. It seems that Mark Gattis and With Steven Moffat are slowly morphing everything they touch into BBC Blue Pill. Even well known poufs are being made to confirm to the BBC's internal machinations. It's often hard to resist when you have multi year contracts and little to no route to escape, mortgages and pension funds to keep topped up.

iTalk2Pineapples · 2017-01-10T00:33:41+00:00

TBH I don't know any guys that are very excited about Sherlock. But most of my female coworkers are niagra falls when talking about it.

Rethgil · 2017-01-10T13:29:14+00:00

I wondered about this. John's speech to Sherlock about how he should contact whatshername because women make you try to be a better person had me raising a figurative eyebrow. Okay, so Mary was good for John, but Sherlock doesn't need a woman. They're even trying to get Mycroft a girlfriend. Even before knowing the actor who portrays him is gay, I thought the character was.

libbylibertarian · 2017-01-10T15:39:19+00:00

Thanks for reminding me why I stopped watching broadcast television. So much happier now.

wisty · 2017-01-10T00:40:57+00:00

I thought feminists thought that men being grateful for a woman's time is part of rape culture?

Mitchell78 · 2017-01-10T17:16:23+00:00

Never watched that show even though i see the press raving about it, after this information i will never watch it.

TechnoSam_Belpois · 2017-01-11T03:57:12+00:00

The special last year was especially egregious, but there has been a lot of small complaints in these past two episodes. However I'm most concerned about what's to come.

I'm calling these two things right now:

1) The Female Holmes sibling was behind Moriarty the whole time, which completely undercuts his character. Moriarty wasn't actually that intelligent, just eloquent, and was used by Holmes.

2) The Female Holmes sibling hates her brothers because they got attention growing up and she didn't. Of course, they only got attention because they were male and she was passed over because she was female.

I'm much more confident about the first one, but still fairly confident about both. And I will be incredibly ticked off if I'm right. I hope I'm wrong.

Rethgil · 2017-01-10T14:01:23+00:00

Started with the pre-wedding. Big reason why the show sucks lately.

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