Author: ResearchGate

Abstracts:
- »Turning our attention to Netfix, Alexandria Petit-Thorne and Mythili Rajiva examine two of the platform’s most popular and critically acclaimed shows, which both draw upon white feminist understandings of sexual violence, often to the detriment of racialized characters. Petit-Thorne examines the second season of the hit television series You wherein our main character (stalker and murderer) Joe Goldberg lives out his own paternalistic #MeToo savior narrative, avenging the assault of Delilah Alves, reducing her to a “perpetual victim to be abused, saved, or otherwise acted upon by white characters.”« (Source: Stephanie Patrick and Mythili Rajiva. »Introduction.« The Forgotten Victims of Sexual Violence in Film, Television and New Media: Turning to the Margins. Edited by Stephanie Patrick et al. Cham 2022: 16)

- »In 2019, Netflix released the second season of You, a television series which follows serial stalker and killer of women, Joe Goldberg. The second season incorporates a fictional #MeToo narrative in which Delilah Alves, a Latina reporter and Goldberg’s neighbor, is sexually assaulted by a celebrity. While Alves strives to present her #MeToo story on her own terms, Goldberg inserts himself into her life, assuming a paternalistic role and attempting to confront the perpetrator. The show relies on a “monster myth” narrative of sexual violence, positioning the celebrity perpetrator as a monster against which other men can be juxtaposed. The author argues that the effect of this narrative is two-fold: first, it distances Goldberg from his own history of violence by contrasting him with a “real monster,” and second, it reduces Alves to a perpetual victim to be abused, saved, or otherwise acted upon by white characters.« (Source: SpringerLink)

Contents:

	4.1 Introduction (p. 63)
	4.2 #MeToo and the Specter of Harvey (p. 65)
	4.3 Hello, you (p. 66)
	4.4 Masculinity and Rape Narratives (p. 68)
	4.5 Victim-Savior Narratives and Racial Paternalism (p. 71)
	4.6 Conclusion (p. 75)
	References (p. 76)

Wikipedia: History of the Americas: History of the United States | Television: American drama television series / You (TV series) | Sex and the law: Rape / Rape in the United States