tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post7922810117133105396..comments2024-03-29T08:39:13.121-05:00Comments on Sherlock Peoria: Sex and the single Sherlock.Sherlock Peoriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-27743321394081452472015-10-24T07:35:51.662-05:002015-10-24T07:35:51.662-05:00You say it is evident that Sherlock needs to be se...You say it is evident that Sherlock needs to be sexual. Why? Aren't there enough sexual characters in the world? <br /><br />Asexuality exists, scientists assume at least 1 percent of the world's population are asexual. That doesn't mean they can't have sex or that their body doesn't "work", research actually indicates asexual people get aroused by stimuli as much as sexual people, it just means they don't feel sexual attraction/think of people in a sexual way or are in any way interested in sex.<br /><br />Sherlock Holmes is, and has always been, asexual. It doesn't mean he can't get aroused or have sex, it just means he feels no sexual attraction. In this show, he says he sees sex purely as an exercise and is even quite repulsed by it. For "sexual" people they're always looking for that element, but Sherlock doesn't have it. He can be attracted to people and probably fall in love (although not BBC Sherlock who seems to be aromantic aswell), but not be sexually attracted or interested in sleeping with them. Not in the books, not in any of the shows. Movie Sherlock is the closest you come to a sexual Sherlock. Personally, I find it best to keep it that way. The world is so full of sex, it's refreshing with a show without this focus. <br /><br />It's one of the things I like about Sherlock Holmes, he gives asexuality representation and his lack of caring for sex means he can spend his time doing other stuff - such as focusing solely on solving crime. I never pegged him as a misogynist (if anything, he's equally rude to everyone) but I always pegged him as asexual and I think that is great. Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13258145841042219425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-28638795401406685762014-12-18T22:20:30.480-06:002014-12-18T22:20:30.480-06:00Good observations! I've not watched enough of ...Good observations! I've not watched enough of Elementary to have picked up on Holmes' misogyny. Though I don't think one night stands indicate that sentiment (remember "Sex in the City"?), but Holmes' detachment from them as people DOES. And I agree with the treatment of Watson as rather cruel.<br /><br />As for the BBC's Sherlock, he could be construed as misogynistic (even if he is asexual, which I doubt), mainly because of his treatment of certain women as "useful" (Molly, Janine), but he's much better now. Then, there is his devotion to Mrs Hudson, affection for his own Mum and admiration for Irene. To his credit, he is so bent on liking Mary that he blinds himself to the deduction that she is a killer! <br /><br />If anything, I think Sherlock's apparent disregard for women is more likely his social awkwardness; after all, he doesn't treat most men any better. As for his supposed asexuality, I agree that this is a leftover, a typical Moffat trick from canon, to throw us off track. Of course Sherlock has had sex--probably not like most people's, but still...<br /><br />Though we can't say anything definite, Benedict Cumberbatch HAS. In an interview with Elle Magazine UK, he was asked how Sherlock would deal with sex, and replied with a very detailed scenario of Sherlock studying up on ways to please a woman (or man--it wasn't made clear), testing latex (!) and treating his partner to an "explosive"...um...experience. He also states flatly (though he may be joking?) that Sherlock and Irene definitely had sex after he rescued her from the terrorists. <br /><br />Then, there is all the flurry about his would be or actual love affair with John Watson...Either way, I can't think of another character in film or TV whose sex life is such an integral part of viewers' opinions and fantasies!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-85428505016689418162014-02-15T08:04:54.851-06:002014-02-15T08:04:54.851-06:00Thanks, Jacquelynn! That's worth a blog post o...Thanks, Jacquelynn! That's worth a blog post of its own. Coming soon.Sherlock Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-11372291436121294822014-02-09T10:09:45.081-06:002014-02-09T10:09:45.081-06:00I've got both in stock for refreshers, Marilyn...I've got both in stock for refreshers, Marilynne -- no worries there! Unfortunately, my mind palace is more of the old brain-attic variety, and doesn't directly access the lumber room of my library during my day-to-day musings. (It's all the way up two flights of stairs!)Sherlock Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-7319363873723629592014-02-09T09:39:41.518-06:002014-02-09T09:39:41.518-06:00...and if you don't have either one of those, ......and if you don't have either one of those, message/email me and I'll do what I can to bring a fellow ASH back in touch with what we've been saying in all those articles all these years. ;o)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468259557677248367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-33296967031447868612014-02-09T09:21:51.744-06:002014-02-09T09:21:51.744-06:00Brad, it was originally presented as a toast to Sh...Brad, it was originally presented as a toast to Sherlock Holmes at an ASH meeting, and I believe it was included in the Serpentine Muse following. This would have been in the latter part of 2012. I can email you the text if you can't find it in the Muse.Jacquelynn Morris, ASH, BSIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14119508492879867877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-21573836976311586032014-02-09T02:12:52.098-06:002014-02-09T02:12:52.098-06:00Brad, you may recall Susan Rice's excellent 19...Brad, you may recall Susan Rice's excellent 1999 article on Holmes' non-misogyny, "Entirely To Be Trusted." You can read it in volume 15, number 4 of the Serpentine Muse, if you have it -- if not, it's in Volume One of the Muse Anthology, "Serpentine Muse-ings" (page 19).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12468259557677248367noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-11193999246798469642014-02-08T16:26:43.594-06:002014-02-08T16:26:43.594-06:00He was during the first two stories...then Irene A...He was during the first two stories...then Irene Adler came along and convinced him otherwise. Watson even says that after that he had a better opinion of woman - but since this is the third story, there isn't much of his original low opinion in canon. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-31978394229316928522014-02-08T14:25:52.972-06:002014-02-08T14:25:52.972-06:00Did it appear in the Muse? My memory fails me. Sen...Did it appear in the Muse? My memory fails me. Send it along!Sherlock Peoriahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09896656391037436805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-22174375410889738542014-02-08T13:17:57.251-06:002014-02-08T13:17:57.251-06:00Holmes was not a misogynist. I wrote a piece for A...Holmes was not a misogynist. I wrote a piece for ASH called, "The Case of the Missing Misogynist." I can send it on if you like.Jacquelynn Morris, ASH, BSIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14119508492879867877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-71181936347400072432014-02-07T16:35:56.707-06:002014-02-07T16:35:56.707-06:00That was addressed in the show, with Miller at one...That was addressed in the show, with Miller at one point saying almost the similar and Liu replying that it is not the same thing. However, since the pilot, which had the scene you referenced, she has become as hardened as other investigators to the violence scenes around her. By the way, "Because, you know, she is a woman!" is your interpretation.<br />James C. O'Learyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866010043246236340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-4709423968697273572014-02-07T09:04:42.564-06:002014-02-07T09:04:42.564-06:00"I was taking advantage of our connection&quo..."I was taking advantage of our connection" "When....once would have been nice" puzzled look "oh I was waiting until we got married" "that was never going to happen" I read that as Sherlock remaining intact. Regards MaryAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6512050174377678428.post-91049974014688218122014-02-07T07:49:25.631-06:002014-02-07T07:49:25.631-06:00And again - thank you for that! The constant claim...And again - thank you for that! The constant claim that Elementary is somehow a forerunner for gender equality has irritated me from the moment when ex-trauma-surgeon Joan Watson turned around at a crime scene as if she had never seen the result of violence before. Because, you know, she is a woman! <br /><br />Considering that Janine said "Just once would have been nice." and Sherlock said "I was waiting for when we got married" I guess we are still free to believe him a virgin. Or whatever else we want. At least CAM was sure that his sexual preferences are "normal" whatever that means.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com