There’s a huge difference in the way certain behaviors are perceived depending on the gender of the character doing the thing.
There are way more important things going on in the world right now. But if you're a screenwriter who wants ideas on how to have your work better reflect your values, the Scriptnotes NOTES podcast is here to help! Scriptnotes NOTES Ep 3 is LIVE! In "Double Standards Are the Worst," Teresa digs into a conversation in Episode 275 of Scriptnotes from 2016 where John and Craig talk about a piece in @theatlantic by Megan Garber on how rom-coms “undermine women" in order to delve into rom-com tropes and how certain behaviors are perceived differently depending on the gender of the character doing the thing as well as handled differently depending on the gender of the show/film’s creator(s). Check it out at the link above, or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to podcasts.
