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<blockquote data-quote="Guest&amp;nbsp; 85555" data-source="post: 8230503"><p>I don't know why you are assuming this. We really can look at the same piece of media and come away with different conclusions, and we can take different lenses to that media. I don't accept the idea that what you lay out in your post is the only or the most likely explanation. And I especially reject the notion that content equals message. Just because you have an evil character who does X, and is female, doesn't mean you are saying evil women do X. And I just am not seeing the message in these characters that 'good women have husbands and children'. Clearly having a family is something many people desire, and denying that to some of these characters helps give them believable motivation. But I think we have a fundamentally different view of how media impacts people, what kinds of messages media carries, and what these tropes even mean. Especially with horror, I don't think you can take them at face value. And I do think you need to consider what the imagery and themes meant to the writers.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Guest 85555, post: 8230503"] I don't know why you are assuming this. We really can look at the same piece of media and come away with different conclusions, and we can take different lenses to that media. I don't accept the idea that what you lay out in your post is the only or the most likely explanation. And I especially reject the notion that content equals message. Just because you have an evil character who does X, and is female, doesn't mean you are saying evil women do X. And I just am not seeing the message in these characters that 'good women have husbands and children'. Clearly having a family is something many people desire, and denying that to some of these characters helps give them believable motivation. But I think we have a fundamentally different view of how media impacts people, what kinds of messages media carries, and what these tropes even mean. Especially with horror, I don't think you can take them at face value. And I do think you need to consider what the imagery and themes meant to the writers. [/QUOTE]

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