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Originally Posted by Pudge714
Have read BB threads for 3 seasons + have read a bunch of OOTV threads + thread gets locked for misogyny gives me quite a bit of information to support my hypothesis.
There are reasons to dislike Skylar's character other than just hating women. My two favorite shows on TV right now are BB and GOT. GOT has strong female characters. Arya/Cersei/Dany are all among my favorites on the show. Breaking Bad just has weak female characters in my opinion, at least for much of the show. (I do think Skylar's character has been better/good recently, which is the only comment I've madeabout her in that thread)
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What a dumb whiny bitch she should totally let her husband grow a drug empire to boost his ego and let him play badass, instead of, you know trying to protect her family and be a good mother.
Even this isn't necessarily an example of misogyny, as much as it is someone not seeing the show the way Gilligan means for it to be seen. E.g. people making that criticism are likely to be the type that would complain about how season two of The Wire sucks, because what happened to all the gangsters and street stuff?! I want my explosions and shiny things and scarface type stuff, and I want it now!
*Also, it's not just the female characters on BB. I think Walt Jr's character brings very little to the table, outside of theeggsaredonewhenisaythey'redone.jpeg
*Edit- although I do cringe a little when I see someone refer to women as bitches as the norm. Like "wow, that bitch has an ass on her". Sigh. How do you tie your shoes in the morning?