Recently, Netflix has released a new series, the TV adaption of A Series of Unfortunate Events, a book series by Lemony Snicket. Seeing as I thoroughly enjoyed the book series, I was delighted to watch the TV series, especially since Daniel Handler, which is Lemony Snicket's real name, was going to be one of the executive producers and one of the writers.
One of the lines I noticed in the show went along the lines of:
"Nice girls shouldn't know how to do such things."
Klaus: "My sister is a nice girl and she knows how to do all sorts of things."
I suppose it caught my attention as I remember being told to do or not to do certain things, because "girls shouldn't do those things". Of course, most of those claims were ridiculous (like my mother telling me I shouldn't whistle).
Another line would be:
"It's the friendliest snake known to man-- and woman."
A lot of the time people just reduce all of humankind to "man", really just excluding women.
In both of these lines, there is an appeal to feminism, but also a representation of their values. Perhaps it is an attempt to grab more viewers, or perhaps it is an actual genuine representation of values. Either way, impressionable viewers who are watching will be affected, and hopefull for the better.
