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Sexism In Sherlock

Yesterday, my husband and I rewatched Season 1 of Sherlock. It’s an awesome show, and one that was made even better by repeat viewing in all respects save one: the treatment of the women. I’ve blogged before, pointedly and with bitterness, about the terrible things Steven Moffat routinely does to his female characters in Doctor Who, and though his motives seem to stem more from ignorance than malice, the results are nonetheless unpleasant.

Early on, we’re introduced to Molly Hooper, Sherlock’s contact at the morgue. His obliviousness to her interest in him is played for laughs, which is fine and as it should be; what’s less fine is the way he consistently and cruelly criticises her appearance, which is also played for laughs.
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I got my roommate hooked with the first episode. Before the second I told her that things were going to get stupid, so just bear with it and it will get better by the third. It felt like something written during the Yellow Peril era.

Oh that would have been awesome! Way to skew expectations in a clever way.

It's my fanon. Jim is just a prop with good acting skills, Molly's the one really behind it all.