Re: Dislike A Character
ziggystarduzt said:
I just personally feel that Catherine has an aura around her of overt sexuality.. she interacts completely differently with men than she does women,
Thank goodness she does! In S6, she made Sara whole, brought out the best in an otherwise awkward and often asexual character . She made Sara lovelier, more feminine. A woman with a great brain. Not just a brain.
ziggystarduzt said:
and has never show herself to be above flirting with a man to get exactly what she wants. I respect women who are comfortable with their sexuality, don't get me wrong, but I also think that using "womanly wiles" to obtain a goal is very degrading to the gender. I just respect a woman who above all uses her brain and language skills before she does her pretty face.
First of, I don't remember Catherine using her "womanly wiles" to reach any goal. Remember this, from Strip Strangler ?
CATHERINE: Well, if I get a promotion, I want it to be on merit ...
And this scene from Swap Meet ?
GRISSOM: The position calls for leadership, Catherine. You have to inspire others, solve problems, which means you have to leave your own problems at home.
CATHERINE: I want the job because I can do it. I'm qualified, I'm motivated
and I'm ready, Gil. You know that I am.
GRISSOM: I do. Which is why I already sent in your A.P. I gave you 100%. I
even put in a good word with the Director. The rest is up to you. And ... I
hope you get it.
And if she's been Grissom's right hand and left for so many years, it wasn't because she was using her "feminine wiles" and pretty face before her brain and language skills. She uses her brain and language skills a lot, and her great people skills too, to help him along.
Of course it helps to have a pretty face and a comely figure: men can't help but notice and respond to a beautiful woman. But what follows is what matters, and Catherine has the necessary brains to take it from there. More power to her, I say!
Txxgrrrl said:
The difference is...Catherine chose to be a stripper...chose to do drugs...chose to marry a loser. A lot of Sara's problems stem from a childhood that certainly wasn't of her choosing.
You know it's funny how women are sometimes the harshest - and often the most unfair - critics of other women. We're an embarrassingly arrogant and self-righteous lot.
Chose... chose... chose... We're not given all the details surroundng Catherine's childhood and young adulthood. But in the real world, for people like her, it's often a Hobson's choice. I've worked with some of them and I can't say I could have done as well for myself had I been in their shoes. Life sometimes throws us dreadful curve balls, and we cope with whatever means we have at hand.
As for marrying a loser, she married for love and he turned out to be a loser. She continued to care for this feckless man, and remained faithful to him. All that is to her credit. His being a loser in no way stains her character. It happens to too many women, just as quite a few men marry horrid, calculating women who make their lives a misery.
Perhaps it's because I grew up in a countries where professional women are both smart and feminine, and proud of it, that I find it hard to comprehend why professional women here are respected only if they make sure they leave their sexuality at home. Is it because women feel it's an unfair advantage that the smart and sexual woman has over the smart but asexual one? Which probably explains why the harshest critics are women. :lol:
As for the few men who complain... I've other ideas
