Even the names in some of the films were cringe-worthy in their suggestiveness! Pussy Galore, Holly Goodhead, Plenty O’Toole, Chu Mei, Xenia Onatopp, Honeychile Rider? Really? That is supposed to pass for humour?
This commentator thought that the point of the movies is that Bond is a “sexist, misogynistic womanizer”. Unfortunately, the character is also portrayed as cool and desirable; ergo people watching the films think it is perfectly OK to emulate not only the man but his attitudes as well. It is the normalization of the misogyny that is so obnoxious.
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