Subject: Is Twin Peaks anti-woman? Are Twin Peaks fans? From: larrabee@summit.ucsc.edu (Tracy Larrabee) Date: 1990-11-11, 18:48 Newsgroups: alt.tv.twin-peaks Reply-to: larrabee@summit.ucsc.edu.UUCP (Tracy Larrabee) In article <1990Nov12.023048.23090@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> mlee@cat23.cs.wisc.edu (Michael Lee) writes: > >In article jym@remarque.berkeley.edu (Jym Dyer) writes: >>> >>> 9. Why was Donna acting slutty for a few episodes? >> >>.-. >> >>|C|ouldn't we find a better word than "slutty" here? It has such >> >>`-' negative connotations, and as it is rarely used to describe >> >> the actions of men, it comes across as pretty sexist. (Nobody >> >> has called Ben Horne a "slut.") > > > >It was (I assume) intentionally negative. Because she's toned down a little > >it seems that it was just to make sure she didn't lose James, but I think > >"slutty" is a fairly accurate description for her behavior in the jail. > > This disturbs me a lot. I have heard that many feminists think Twin Peaks is anti-woman, but I love the show so much that I was willing to let all the iffy things pass. But then there are comments like this. Does this guy really believe that because Donna was acting like she wanted to have sex that she is acting slutty? And yet Ben Horne, a married man who owns a brothel and tries out each new "girl" before making her available to the customers, should not be refered to as a slut? He doesn't seem to understand the difference between a term that condemns behavior in general and a term that condemns only behavior in females. Is this typical of Twin Peaks fans? I thought we were a mostly intellectual and aware lot, and then this dweeb comes along ... I find this so depressing. Actually, I have told many people that Twin Peaks is reason enough to own a television. I have already found out that I don't like David Lynch movies, but I love Twin Peaks. I think the restrictions of network censors keep Lynch from some of his most exploitive habits.