Is GOT misogynistic?
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Game of Thrones
andrewrrrr — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 12:57 PM)
I've had this argument on other boards before but I'm curious if anyone will make the case that it is. I think the argument could definitely be made about the earlier seasons which featured a lot of naked women as background props but I genuinely do not think the show is misogynistic at all currently. Do you think it is?
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CharlesTheBold — 9 years ago(December 26, 2016 03:18 PM)
Exactly. Westeros is a feudal monarchy where the king, supposedly in charge, has to contend with powerful noble families, while the common people have no say in how they are ruled. There is an official Church (the "Septrion") that competes with the State for power and occasionally manages to get the upper hand. (In GOT the Church made a queen expose herself naked. In midieval history the Church at one point ordered Henry II of England beaten with a whip). Torture is taken for granted. Rebellions, when they happen, are led by nobles with an agenda, not the common people. The educated class (here called Meesters) are basically ignored by the aristocracy or regarded as their servants. Moneylenders (here the Bank of Bravos) are also ignored but actually are needed to pay for what the rulers want)
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andrewrrrr — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 02:00 PM)
Keep swearing and calling people 'retards' over the Internet, it's a very accurate demonstration of your intelligence and capability for conversation. You can keep looking up to and admiring me, I don't care if you're demonstrably an idiot.
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CharlesTheBold — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 07:21 PM)
The plot deals with a culture which is mostly obsessed with "manly" valor, and doesnt take women seriously unless they are good fighters as well ( Arya, Yara, Brienne). Danny is a special case because lot of characters thinks she's a goddess. Even Margery commented that nobody will take her seriously unless she has a baby that can perpetuate a dynasty.
The CULTURE is misogynistic. Can't say whether or not the WRITERS are. -
D_Stormborn — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 07:44 PM)
Middle ages, duh. Look it up. And those other boards must be very thick if those don't recognize what GoT is about. Even if Jon prevails, he's more of a girl at 5 feet and being prettier than most girls.
"Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth"
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andrewrrrr — 9 years ago(December 25, 2016 08:49 PM)
One of the posters I had been arguing about it with had never even seen the series before and was claiming that it was misogynistic due to what they read about it online about how women get treated like property and how it added rapes that weren't in the book. Yes, that was a terrible argument, I don't think the show is misogynistic but I was curious if anyone here felt it was and if they had any better points than that person.