Glee

[anolinde]

First of all, Naya Rivera is an amazing actress.

Second of all, major kudos to Glee for pointing out that sex ed in most US schools SUCKS.

But honestly? I was raging sfm at the way Holly handled sex ed. Calling Rachel and Quinn "naive" and "frigid" for being in the celibacy club, making that comment about Emma's legs being closed? So fucking uncalled for. Guess what? Some people choose not to have sex. That doesn't mean they're "prudes." Maybe they're waiting for the right person. Maybe they've got other things going on. As a virgin, it really bothers me when people assume that, if you haven't had sex, there's something wrong with you. I mean, let's face it, you're more likely to get shamed if you have had sex - but when people try to break that down, too often they simply swing around and attack people who haven't yet had sex. There's nothing wrong with teaching that sex can be fun, wonderful, etc - but there's no need to put down people who choose not to do it. Holly, in my opinion, crossed the line so much that I actually despised her by the end of the episode.

Then, of course, there's Emma. Emma CLEARLY has intimacy problems that should be dealt with by a therapist, and yet there Holly is, basically saying, "Why wouldn't you tap that? He's hot!" and assuming that Emma's fear of intimacy is because she's still in love with Will - but Emma's problems started way before Will. And, on top of that, her husband - the guy who's supposed to support her - apparently now cares more about the fact that he's not getting laid than the fact that Emma obviously needs help. On the one hand, of course, that's probably going to be the reaction from 9/10 husbands, but it was still incredibly annoying that not ONCE did the show treat Emma as anything other than "lol that frigid prude who doesn't know what an afternoon delight is."

Honestly... Ugh. Don't get me wrong, I loved parts of this episode, but that whole arc with Emma and Holly's comments about Rachel/Quinn really pissed me off. In conclusion: not wanting to have sex, for whatever reason, does not automatically equal OMG PRUDE. Capisce? Good.

Comments

[tunaeverynight.livejournal.com]

Honestly, Glee is full of so much bullshit these days, I find it hard to even process what could potentially be good and what's definitely really bad. I hadn't even THOUGHT about this argument because I was too blinded by how this show was actually having a respectful examination of bisexuality and father's dealing with gay son sexuality. There are even bigger underlying problems with this fricken show for me - like the fact that none of the minority characters even get storylines anymore. Seriously, has the show forgotten that Tina, Mercedes and Mike exist?

[anolinde.livejournal.com]

Seriously, has the show forgotten that Tina, Mercedes and Mike exist?

Amen to that. And the rare time they do, it's something completely idiotic like Mercedes's whole tots thing or Tina bawling her eyes out while singing a Valentine's song. *sigh*

At least they gave Santana something, but that's still not a very good track record...

[prgirlsrock.livejournal.com]

No the show would rather show us how much the can turn Finn and Quinn into douchebags every week. They have the be the most unlikable couple I have ever seen.

Emma is just beginning to bug me, I don't she was cute in season one but here she is just starting to annoy me. Now this, just so they can save her for Will to deflower UGH.

[anolinde.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think I might actually ship Artie/Tina over Finn/Quinn. And I hate Artie/Tina.

Omg, ugh re: the deflowering thing. I love how Emma has to stay ~pure~ for him, but Will gets to fool around with every other adult female on the show. D:

[polaris93.livejournal.com]

I think that many high school students are actively looking for excuses to bully people, bully someone, anyone, as long as there's what they consider to be an "excuse," such as being celibate by choice. Which is no excuse to bully anyone -- as if anything was! -- but many high school students are about as backward socially as a developmentally disabled ventriloquist's dummy in a coma (and some never grow up), and never do get it. The same thing is apparently true of many of the execs who sign off on shows such as Glee and Skins (and let us hope that they don't have children of their own, because their understanding of what is and isn't age-appropriate speech and behavior is obviously dismal; and from the type of shows they push, one has to suspect that they have more than a little lech for underage sexual partners).