Rose and Her Doctor?
Feb. 25th, 2008 11:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
salienneIs it overreacting for me to get really, really annoyed every time I hear "the Doctor and his Rose" (emphasis mine)?
I don't know if this is the feminist in me veering into oversensitive mode, but it's just... you almost never hear it the other way around, and it bugs me. It bugs me a lot. It puts the Doctor in the superior position, and while this isn't exactly wrong, it, in effect, puts the guy in the superior position. Why does the guy automatically have to own the girl? Hell, why does either partner have to 'own' the other one?
Rose saying, "I want you safe, my Doctor" worked because it was Rose saying it to the Doctor in those particular circumstances. Similarly, it worked with the "my Sarah Jane" because he was saying it to her in that paritcular context. But for a third party to refer to their relationship like that just... bothers me, and gives me icky gender-related uncomfy feelings.
So... am I overreacting, or is this a legitimate complaint?
I don't know if this is the feminist in me veering into oversensitive mode, but it's just... you almost never hear it the other way around, and it bugs me. It bugs me a lot. It puts the Doctor in the superior position, and while this isn't exactly wrong, it, in effect, puts the guy in the superior position. Why does the guy automatically have to own the girl? Hell, why does either partner have to 'own' the other one?
Rose saying, "I want you safe, my Doctor" worked because it was Rose saying it to the Doctor in those particular circumstances. Similarly, it worked with the "my Sarah Jane" because he was saying it to her in that paritcular context. But for a third party to refer to their relationship like that just... bothers me, and gives me icky gender-related uncomfy feelings.
So... am I overreacting, or is this a legitimate complaint?
