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minus-squaredustyData@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoConnery’s Bond was also awfully sexists and misogynistic. It’s incredibly cringe trying to watch certain scenes of that era. Some are rape fantasies through and thru.
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoThe first book is interesting… it has the typical Bond setup… here’s your mission, your exotic location, and your beautiful assistant… and Bond goes: “A woman? What are you sending a woman for, she’ll only get in the way.” (!) I was surprised!
Connery’s Bond was also awfully sexists and misogynistic. It’s incredibly cringe trying to watch certain scenes of that era. Some are rape fantasies through and thru.
The first book is interesting… it has the typical Bond setup… here’s your mission, your exotic location, and your beautiful assistant… and Bond goes:
“A woman? What are you sending a woman for, she’ll only get in the way.”
(!)
I was surprised!