Sexy or Sexist? Talk about gender observations in Emily in Paris

Have you watched the recently discussed American drama "Emily In Paris"? A fashion comedy about a young American girl (Lily Collins) daring to Paris, despite the controversial French character and Parisian appearance, the humorous light-hearted plot, romantic scenes and croissants, one episode short The short 30-minute viewing process made me, who yearn for Paris, enjoy it very much.

This article does not discuss the comparison of the cultural differences between "American and French", but purely from the plot of the first season, to take stock of the gender stereotypes observed by the heroine Emily living in a different place. Let's open our gender awareness together while chasing dramas!

Is a woman's vagina a masculine word?

In the second episode, Emily stumbled upon the female body part "vagina", which is actually a masculine word in French. She asked the supervisor angrily, but she got a sloppy answer, "Perhaps because the vagina is a woman's organ, but a man's Owned", can't help but roll your eyes!

Not only French, but words with male hegemony and female discrimination are not difficult to find in various languages. Common words such as "history, mankind, human" in English, "demon, slave, bitch, jealous" in Chinese, as well as the idioms used by "male" and "female" in daily conversation, etc., gender inequality Language and character creation have long been flooded in our daily life, and it is difficult to detect if we do not pay attention.

At the end of the second episode, Emily posted an article in the community to counter "The vagina is not male!" issue.

The nude model being watched, is it sexy or sexist?

In the play, Emily followed the work team to the shooting site of the perfume advertisement, and questioned the model's naked appearance on the camera. She believed that the female body should not be watched by men, and indirectly became the object of objectification and desire.

Male Gaze noun explanation: Chinese translated into patriarchal gaze or male gaze, when women are viewed as objects, heterosexual men get pleasure from it, which is called patriarchal gaze.

In recent years, gender awareness has risen, and the female image created by the fashion industry in the past, the patriarchal gaze of "sexy" as the female body is gradually disintegrating, Sexy or Sexist? Women are not only gentle and sexy, but also have more diverse appearances It shows that in a society where the influence of the media is far-reaching, what we should do is to take off the colored glasses of gender prejudice and re-deconstruct the distorted ideology of the past. In an era of gender fluidity, everyone should have the right to be themselves, no one needs to do it. definition.