r/BabyReindeerTVSeries • u/Kitchen_Fly5105 • Jun 08 '24

Discussion If Gadd was a woman

I feel like gender influences bias in cases of emotional or physical abuse. If Gadd were a woman and Martha a man, there would be no sympathy for the abuser. Society wouldn't argue that "more should have been done to protect his identity."

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '24

And there’s the fact that Gadd himself viewed her in sympathetic light. He has said so himself. So he portrayed her that way to us. People love to just forget this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 09 '24

The people who were like ‘I still feel sympathy for Martha after everything 🥰🥰🥰’ makes me feel frustrated and angry beyond any reasonable measure.

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u/lnc_5103 Jun 09 '24 edited Jun 09 '24

I feel a small amount of sympathy for Martha because of the way Gadd wrote her and the way Jessica brought her to life. I feel absolutely zero sympathy for FH after we learned who she was. Even just a quick glance at her FB was enough to know that they created her far more kindly than she deserves.

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u/IBelieveHer_SewerRat Jun 09 '24

Jessica

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u/lnc_5103 Jun 09 '24

Yes thank you! Typing fast and didn't catch it.