I definitely associate you with it! It makes me happy! You're like my feminist lj soulmate!
Short answer: because she's in control, and he follows her lead. The whole relationship is one giant inversion of stereotypical gender roles (which I kind of wrote a paper about once). But I posted the link to the brief discussion a few comments [down -- edit: er, up!], if you want to follow it.
It IS so pretty! As is evidenced by your gorgeous, gorgeous icon!
And it makes me think Jane needs to be able to create her own show. No more of this writing for shows created by men. GIVE HER HER OWN.
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Short answer: because she's in control, and he follows her lead. The whole relationship is one giant inversion of stereotypical gender roles (which I kind of wrote a paper about once). But I posted the link to the brief discussion a few comments [down -- edit: er, up!], if you want to follow it.
It IS so pretty! As is evidenced by your gorgeous, gorgeous icon!
And it makes me think Jane needs to be able to create her own show. No more of this writing for shows created by men. GIVE HER HER OWN.