would've been better without sexism and sa
Even though there are some things I really didn't like about this show, I did genuinely enjoy the main part of the story. It's mostly just fluff, which I love.
BUT like with many other bls, they treated consent as a thing that will come if you just keep going. There were many forced kiss scenes where Yao Shun Yu clearly looked uncomfortable. Xia Shang Zhou consistently ignored when Yao Shun Yu explicitly said no.
When portraying a employer/employee relationship, it can very easily get into the teratory of being predatory, where one of the people has all the power and the other person has to do whatever they say and cannot say no even if they want to.
This show very much crosses that line, and it feels very icky.
For some completely unnecessary reasons, the show decided to be really sexist. Thankfully it was mostly just in the first episode... but still... it was so unnecessary and I hated it.
They call women fragile little creatures, who can't handle criticism, and men are strong minded, and even the weakest man can handle more tha any woman.
I am definitely paraphrasing, but I am not twisting the words. They did straight up say that woman are weak, and everyone (including the women) treated it like it was a fact.
I wouldn't say that the characters are sexist, but the writers definitely are.
I was so close to dropping this show because of the writers views on women and consent, but the cuteness kept me watching.
If you love fluff, then you should consider watching, otherwise the writers views shining through definitely isn't worth it.
BUT like with many other bls, they treated consent as a thing that will come if you just keep going. There were many forced kiss scenes where Yao Shun Yu clearly looked uncomfortable. Xia Shang Zhou consistently ignored when Yao Shun Yu explicitly said no.
When portraying a employer/employee relationship, it can very easily get into the teratory of being predatory, where one of the people has all the power and the other person has to do whatever they say and cannot say no even if they want to.
This show very much crosses that line, and it feels very icky.
For some completely unnecessary reasons, the show decided to be really sexist. Thankfully it was mostly just in the first episode... but still... it was so unnecessary and I hated it.
They call women fragile little creatures, who can't handle criticism, and men are strong minded, and even the weakest man can handle more tha any woman.
I am definitely paraphrasing, but I am not twisting the words. They did straight up say that woman are weak, and everyone (including the women) treated it like it was a fact.
I wouldn't say that the characters are sexist, but the writers definitely are.
I was so close to dropping this show because of the writers views on women and consent, but the cuteness kept me watching.
If you love fluff, then you should consider watching, otherwise the writers views shining through definitely isn't worth it.
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