DoctorWho's Jodie Whittaker hits back at claims that female leads are linked to rising male crime rates in the UK, explaining 'But there’s a sinister thing for me, and that is women being blamed for the actions of men. That is a very dangerous statement.'
Doctor Who lead, Jodie Whittaker, had responded to claims from a UK Government Minister that her casting as the Thirteenth Doctor contributed to a rise in male crime. Since her casting in 2017, Jodie Whittaker's assumption of the heroic Time Lord has been met with much attention being the first woman to play the part after 12 male predecessors.
This discourse recently re-entered headlines as Conservative MP Nick Fletcher blamed Whittaker's casting, among several other gender-flipped reimagining's, for a rising male crime rate in the UK. In a debate that took place on International Men's Day, Fletcher claimed that a vocal minority were asking for"every male character or good role model" to have a"female replacement.
“I think it’s on the one hand amusing and on the other unnerving. As much as I like to think the world revolves around me, I don’t think I have that much control. But there’s a sinister thing for me, and that is women being blamed for the actions of men. That is a very dangerous statement. I think women make excellent role models. Someone being replaced isn’t them being taken away. It’s broadening your horizons.
Whittaker, who is set to hand over the role to the Fourteenth Doctor, makes a powerful point of women being scapegoated for the actions of men, seemingly in lieu of addressing the core of any real problem. Fans have praised Whittaker for being a positive inspiration to young girls in her position, something which has been documented before in fan responses to shows like The X-Files, whose co-lead, Dana Scully , inspired several women to go into STEM in a phenomenon called"The Scully Effect.
While Nick Fletcher seems to suggest that boys don't have male role models to look up to in the same way anymore, that would be ignoring the fact that the industry is, by and large, still dominated by white men. While major headline franchises such as Star Wars and Ghostbusters have seen increased female representation, it is still the exception and is also usually met with the same online backlash as was mentioned earlier when Whittaker was cast as the Thirteenth Doctor.
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