People cheer and roar when a starlet commands a room seating 5k people but they casually ignore that starlet is under contract by a multi billion dollar studio.
Where is subjugation a valuable lesson?
In order for a starlet to make it in American show biz she had to work. Do what it takes. If you’re asked to speak a foreign language even if you don’t know it you say you can and figure it out as you go.
But where do lines of sexism and misogyny get drawn?
How does audience impact the relationship that’s at play in show biz?
Well, home is where the heart is and women have been subjugated in show biz for as long as it’s been around.
It’s so ingrained in our culture that when you look at the lifespan of a show biz career of a woman compared to a man’s you don’t even need me to tell you it is generally, much much shorter. Men don’t value aged women.
So I think we can draw some assumptions from our examples.
Women have historically been drawn in fiction in the eyes of men. Male executives signing off on who is cast, male writers narrating female storylines and feeding us the values we (as women) ought to care about from the male perspective, and male fans who historically drive a viewership in pop culture.
So when does all of this become subjugation of women?
Well, I think the establishment of these assumptions is in itself the subjugation of women.
Men have been telling our stories for decades maybe even centuries so let’s look for stories that break free of the ownership and production by the male gaze.
In the words of a lifelong friend from high school speech and debate, grab life by the pussy, ladies.
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