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Mr Smeg wanted to watch a Bond movie so we're watching Goldfinger.
My Mum never let Bond movies play in our house. She couldn't stand the sexism.
I can see her point. Funny movie but very much a product of its time.
What sexism? The Bond movies are full of assertive independent women . Some good, some bad. Many try to kill Bond. In Goldfinger Ms Galore threatened Bond with a gun and was going to commit mass murder using a weapon of mass destruction. What should Bond have done with such a person?
There was scene in Miami at the start where he shooed a woman aside saying "man talk" and smacking her bum as she walked away.
Just little things like that
Man talk? That was confidential state secrets. What was he going to say?
And did he threaten Miami woman with a gun? Miami woman also wasn't a colleague.
sure, Bond can be a dick sometimes but put it into perspective.
taps a woman on the bum vs woman is going to use a weapon of mass destruction
it's a different world, I wouldn't be focusing on Bond, I'd be looking at the all the examples of psychopaths and all the violence as something to worry about
Which one?