Valid criticism of actual queer-baiting has been replaced by the perpetuation of heteronormativity and the harassment of individuals. This piece is an examination of several much-discussed examples of queer-baiting and whether or not the label is warranted.
“It makes us question, therefore, if we are constantly centring male aggression with romantic love, how this is affecting the expectations of what a ‘healthy’ relationship should look like, as well as the behaviours that should be accepted by women.”
“I wonder if we will ever see a type of mainstream reality TV that doesn’t regress back to archaic stereotypes which reduce women to mere caricatures.”
“Do these films, perhaps, tap into long withstanding notions that women should be primarily concerned with how we look, even in stories that claim to teach us otherwise?”
