Actually, yes, you are a misogynist and a male apologist.
It’s been at least a year or two since the last time I saw the movie, and even I remember that she did have skills of her own, as well as hobbies and pursuits.
That’s part of her fucking slideshow of murder. The men in her life consistently ignored her and treated her as an object.
From her father, to her first husband and subsequent husbands.
She was, as an image, and a character, a rejection of the role of Trophy Wife;
So yeah, totally appropos heroine for misandry.
You know how misogynists need women to be around to degrade and overpower all the time? It seems like misandrists need men just as much. But in this crazy person’s case, it seems like she not only needs men to degrade in order to feel whole, but also needs their money and their beauty products.
She’s not “crazy” (which, can we spend a minute to unpack how I HATE HATE HATE how often that term is leveled specifically at female killers, especially female serial killers; the majority of whom are responding, at least initially, to some sort of violence, whether it be economic, physical, psychological, or other forms of abuse). She is neglected. By the time she lands on the Addams and Fester, she’s had all the proof she needs that men only see her as an object and a commodity for their gratification.
It’s not incidental that she starts out as the Au Pair character. That is like the epitome (in a family-friendly sense) of the commodified woman. She’s expected to have no attachments, except to the family she works for. Domestic workers in general, are expected to be open and available to their male employers. The fact that she actively pursues Fester (as opposed to being pursued by the Man of the House, Gomez) is a direct reaction to the period’s glut of Babysitter movies (I think in the vicinity of this movie there were at least three or four, and that’s what I can think of off the top of my head).
Oh, and remind me again what’s wrong with wanting objects of beauty and beauty products in your life?
I’m sick and tired of self-care and materiality (note, these things only come into play when we’re talking about Femme presenting women, and don’t even get me started on how we treat these things when they’re exhibited by non-white Femme women) being scapegoated as proof that a woman is somehow frivolous or unworthy of respect.
That’s like the most juvenile thing.
She wants some pretty goddamned things in her life and she deserves it.
Just waiting for her immediate accusations of, “Male apologist! Misogynist!” right about now. She’s kinda like a Republican in many ways. You know how they don’t hesitate to scream bloody murder “socialism!” on things like Obamacare? Yeah, there are very strong similarities here. (read: ignorance).
And you know what, I just don’t even know what to do with this last bit.
There are words. And a vaguely coherent sentence structure. But….they don’t make sense when you put them together.
In fact, I would almost swear this paragraph alone undermines your previous two, except you say you’re preparing to be called out, so …I mean…I’ll happily oblige, but you make no sense.
Short version: You’re wrong. Wrong wrong wrong wrong wrong.
And you’re totally missing the point. You’re missing it so hard, I can only presume that you’re doing it intentionally.
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