Clearly, women have had to fight hard to gain a more equal place with men in our society. That struggle goes on. As a man, I did find it uncomfortable to sit through such a litany of nasty male chauvinist behaviour. Only a few of the men in this series behave well.
Such nasty male chauvinists certainly existed (and continue to do so) but they were only part of the problem. It seems to me that many men (and women) accepted what they were used to, rather than behaved quite so abusively. But I wasn't there. Nor was the author I guess. And perhaps passive chauvinism fails to make the point. Although I would argue the opposite. It's all the worse because decent but unthinking people are part of the problem.
Also, some male mistreatment of women would have been driven by expectations placed upon the man by peers. Another interesting angle missed.
Presenting the "enemy" in such a one dimensional fashion undervalues the battle that women have had to wage against so insidious a problem. So at times this series wielded a sledgehammer when a scalpel might have been more telling. Nevertheless, this story is eventful and is inhabited by characters you can root for, all of which kept me watching to the end.
Such nasty male chauvinists certainly existed (and continue to do so) but they were only part of the problem. It seems to me that many men (and women) accepted what they were used to, rather than behaved quite so abusively. But I wasn't there. Nor was the author I guess. And perhaps passive chauvinism fails to make the point. Although I would argue the opposite. It's all the worse because decent but unthinking people are part of the problem.
Also, some male mistreatment of women would have been driven by expectations placed upon the man by peers. Another interesting angle missed.
Presenting the "enemy" in such a one dimensional fashion undervalues the battle that women have had to wage against so insidious a problem. So at times this series wielded a sledgehammer when a scalpel might have been more telling. Nevertheless, this story is eventful and is inhabited by characters you can root for, all of which kept me watching to the end.