Skyfall: The "Sissy Villain" Again [View all]

[Smarmie Doofus]

And again and again.

I'm speaking of the new James Bond release.

Is there any reason for Javier Bardem to play "the bad guy" as gay?

Isn't that... among other things... getting a little *tired*?

Oy.


Or should I say, "Ay-ay-ay."

Thanks Hollywood. Your greed and utter lack of imagination helps keep our gender/sex role divides and stereotypes utterly unchallenged and undisturbed.

And your audience quite the opposite.


>>>>The Sissy Villain, as his name would suggest, is a man whose heart is as twisted as his wrist is limp.
Due to social stigmas against male femininity and "unmanliness", there's a strong tendency in fiction to assign effeminate traits to villains: flamboyant mannerisms, delicate voices, light builds, prissiness, femininely pretty looks, gradiloquent speeches, giggling, love for poetry and opera, impeccable fashion sense (not always in men's clothing), fondness for Persian cats, etc. Evil, it seems, is swishier than a silk skirt.
Frequently, The Hero pitted against the Sissy Villain is an old-fashioned Manly Man (any feminine traits he has are merely there to underscore his masculinity) and making the villain "unmasculine" is intended to emphasize this. After all, there's nothing manlier than beating up a sissy. However, effeminate does not necessarily mean weak.
The Sissy Villain is probably the second most common portrayal of effeminate gay men (besides "one-dimensional joke character&quot , but is not necessarily synonymous with Depraved Homosexual. While Sissy Villains are frequently gay or bisexual, most of them are merely sexually ambiguous or seemingly asexual, and some of them are straight. The Sissy Villain isn't intended to creep out the audience just because of the implication that he might like men (although this usually factors in), but because he acts like a "pansy.">>>>
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