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12-22-2023, 07:16 AM
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As our culture collectively revisits the misogynistic treatment of the Britneys, Parises, and Megans of the 2000s, we have to ask: WHY was this era (https://www.google.com/search?q=2000s+toxic+for+women&sca_esv=0e6528aa5164d4ac&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=AM9HkKlEtJCLn3hfXFCVR5TnVscVrBtpIw%3A1703243184061&ei=sG2FZaumA5ezwt0PuoyTgA0&ved=0ahUKEwirvs6n86KDAxWXmbAFHTrGBNAQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=2000s+toxic+for+women&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFTIwMDBzIHRveGljIGZvciB3b21lbkjIfFAAWKd5cAF4AZABAJgBngOgAagTqgEJMC45LjEuMS4xuAEDyAEA-AEB-AECqAIUwgIHECMY6gIYJ8ICFhAAGAMYjwEY5QIY6gIYtAIYjAPYAQHCAggQABiABBiiBOIDBBgAIEGIBgG6BgYIARABGAs&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1) so deeply toxic for women (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2000s+misogyny+)? A key answer to this question is a thing called "Postfeminism" (https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Myth+of+Postfeminism+-+Why+the+00%27s+Were+So+Sexist&oq=The+Myth+of+Postfeminism+-+Why+the+00%27s+Were+So+Sexist&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg90gEJODE3NWowajE1qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#ip=1): the belief that misogyny and sexism are over, and therefore “feminism” is no longer necessary.
Surely, many films or shows that can be called “postfeminist” contain some wonderful complexity, honesty and humor, and there are many people who identify with or take empowerment from postfeminism’s emphasis on individualism and freedom. But those values can’t be a replacement for addressing the structural problems that women continue to face.
Popular shows and movies started to portray society as a world where women have everything they could ask for, free of misogyny and sexism (Sex and the City, Ally McBeal (https://www.google.com/search?q=postfeminism+ally+mcbeal&sca_esv=0e6528aa5164d4ac&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=AM9HkKmvCY7eLnVSkB-FBimVvwFjuXIojQ%3A1703243818461&ei=KnCFZfvjG4qawbkPsv-jyAo&ved=0ahUKEwj7oI_W9aKDAxUKTTABHbL_CKkQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=postfeminism+ally+mcbeal&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGHBvc3RmZW1pbmlzbSBhbGx5IG1jYmVhbDIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRirAjIFECEYqwIyBRAhGKsCSIYQUABYrQ5wAHgBkAEAmAHPAaABoBKqAQYwLjEyLjG4AQPIAQD4AQHCAgoQIxiABBiKBRgnwgIFEAAYgATCAgUQLhiABMICChAuGIAEGBQYhwLCAgsQABiABBiKBRiRAsICBhAAGBYYHsICCBAAGBYYHhgKwgIFECEYnwXiAwQYACBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp), Bridget Jones etc.) but also suggested that their freedom wasn't making women happier. Hollywood pushed the idea that women had it better when they had fewer choices.
As our culture collectively revisits the misogynistic treatment of the Britneys, Parises, and Megans of the 2000s, we have to ask: WHY was this era (https://www.google.com/search?q=2000s+toxic+for+women&sca_esv=0e6528aa5164d4ac&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=AM9HkKlEtJCLn3hfXFCVR5TnVscVrBtpIw%3A1703243184061&ei=sG2FZaumA5ezwt0PuoyTgA0&ved=0ahUKEwirvs6n86KDAxWXmbAFHTrGBNAQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=2000s+toxic+for+women&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiFTIwMDBzIHRveGljIGZvciB3b21lbkjIfFAAWKd5cAF4AZABAJgBngOgAagTqgEJMC45LjEuMS4xuAEDyAEA-AEB-AECqAIUwgIHECMY6gIYJ8ICFhAAGAMYjwEY5QIY6gIYtAIYjAPYAQHCAggQABiABBiiBOIDBBgAIEGIBgG6BgYIARABGAs&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#ip=1) so deeply toxic for women (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=2000s+misogyny+)? A key answer to this question is a thing called "Postfeminism" (https://www.google.com/search?q=The+Myth+of+Postfeminism+-+Why+the+00%27s+Were+So+Sexist&oq=The+Myth+of+Postfeminism+-+Why+the+00%27s+Were+So+Sexist&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIGCAEQRRg90gEJODE3NWowajE1qAIAsAIA&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#ip=1): the belief that misogyny and sexism are over, and therefore “feminism” is no longer necessary.
Surely, many films or shows that can be called “postfeminist” contain some wonderful complexity, honesty and humor, and there are many people who identify with or take empowerment from postfeminism’s emphasis on individualism and freedom. But those values can’t be a replacement for addressing the structural problems that women continue to face.
Popular shows and movies started to portray society as a world where women have everything they could ask for, free of misogyny and sexism (Sex and the City, Ally McBeal (https://www.google.com/search?q=postfeminism+ally+mcbeal&sca_esv=0e6528aa5164d4ac&sca_upv=1&sxsrf=AM9HkKmvCY7eLnVSkB-FBimVvwFjuXIojQ%3A1703243818461&ei=KnCFZfvjG4qawbkPsv-jyAo&ved=0ahUKEwj7oI_W9aKDAxUKTTABHbL_CKkQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=postfeminism+ally+mcbeal&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiGHBvc3RmZW1pbmlzbSBhbGx5IG1jYmVhbDIFECEYoAEyBRAhGKABMgUQIRirAjIFECEYqwIyBRAhGKsCSIYQUABYrQ5wAHgBkAEAmAHPAaABoBKqAQYwLjEyLjG4AQPIAQD4AQHCAgoQIxiABBiKBRgnwgIFEAAYgATCAgUQLhiABMICChAuGIAEGBQYhwLCAgsQABiABBiKBRiRAsICBhAAGBYYHsICCBAAGBYYHhgKwgIFECEYnwXiAwQYACBBiAYB&sclient=gws-wiz-serp), Bridget Jones etc.) but also suggested that their freedom wasn't making women happier. Hollywood pushed the idea that women had it better when they had fewer choices.