Entertainment Jessica Parker criticizes hypocrisy when judging female characters compares the treatment given to Carrie Bradshaw with that of male antiheroes and points to ‘punitive’ response to women in fictional writing

Back to the role of Carrie Bradshaw in And just like that …, Sarah Jessica Parker It is more attentive than ever the way the audience treats complex female characters, and they are not enjoying what they see. In an interview with HUFFPOST UKthe actress reflected on the negative reactions she has read in the networks about the new phase of Carrienow more mature, but still making mistakes in love and life.

“It is curious to me that this is so condemned, while a male protagonist can even be a killer, and is still worshiped,” he said Parker.

If a woman cheats, she behaves badly or spends money inconsequentially… There is a kind of punitive response. ”

The actress acknowledges that her character was wrong and was not always emotionally mature, but questions the disproportionate weight given to the failures of women in fiction, especially in contrast to male figures regarded as “antiheroes.” An extreme example? The series Dahmer: An American Cannibalfrom Netflix, who rekindled the fascination with Jeffrey DahmerSerial Killer who murdered 17 young people between the 1970s and 1990s. Even with a brutal track record, the character generated Halloween costumes and enthusiastic comments from celebrities.

Despite the criticism, Parker says it values ​​the debate that Carrie keep awakening:

The conversation on social networks is intense, and that’s great. Strong feelings, whether good or bad, mean that people are involved. But still, it is interesting to observe the ways as we judge women, not men.

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