That Nice Man Disaproves of Misogyny!

I see the Sunday Adelaide Advertiser gave a page five spread to Mike Tyson where he says how great it is that Julia Gilard spoke out against misogyny. The same Mike Tyson who was convicted of rape. How nice of them to give some free promotion to a man famous for punching, biting, and rape. Stay classy Adelaide Advertiser!

James Bond Goldfinger and Misogyny

I just watched James Bond Goldfinger. I may have more to say on it later, but for now I'll just mention an example of the terrible sexism that is often seen in James Bond movies. The name of the female lead's character is Pussy Galore. Now that's just disgusting. The character was a strong confident female and they had to go and give her a name that suggests she's catty. That's pretty low. It's almost like they had to take her down a notch so people would know it's still okay to demean her even though she had ovaries of steel.

In fact, I don't think it is until near the end of the Roger Moore era that we get a female lead who doesn't have a sexist name with the NASA scientist Holly Goodhead. Her name at least suggests she has a high quality brain.