doctorcakeray:empirically—speaking:ericnorseman:Peggy Carter vs Sexism#SO MUCH OF HER IS JUST THIS C

doctorcakeray:empirically—speaking:ericnorseman:Peggy Carter vs Sexism#SO MUCH OF HER IS JUST THIS COILED SPRING WAITING TO SNAP   #she is brutal and competent and ruthless and honestly scary   #she is just holding back SO MUCH all the time and when some of that anger peeks through it is incredible   #people criticize the punch: ‘it’s not effective; violence won’t make them stop’   #she doesn’t do it because it’s smart   #she does it because she’s fucking angry!   #she is so fucking angry all the time and i am so terrified and happy and in love   wait wait wait waitwhat is this “violence won’t make them stop” bullshitthis is probably the single BEST CONTEXT for using violence in this way. like. everyone is there because of their ability to commit violence. in this specific SSR program the soldiers are there TO COMPETE OVER their ability to commit violence (even though since Erskine gets his way that’s not actually what determines the “winner”). violence is the source of authority and legitimacy for literally everyone. demonstrating that she is capable of violence is demonstrating the legitimacy of her presence in the terms of the entire situation. add in the public humiliation factor and you have a damn good recipe for teaching these shitasses that you will treat Agent Carter with respect whether you like it or not (they may go on saying crap about her behind her back, but there’s nothing anyone can do about that, really, without active allies doing the work when you’re not there) or end up with your ass in the dirt and your commanding officer laughing at you.likethis is literally the worst situation for her to go all pacifist and “rise above it” (because that’s what people join the army to do????). part of the way these people want to use her womanhood against her is to hold her to a feminine standard of being “above it,” too good or pure for violence. whatsisface the dickhead was counting on that as her response. he was counting on her not being able to come back at him the way any soldier would. she showed him that she can be as crude as any of them, and he’s the one who’s gonna end up with dirt on his uniform because of it. she showed him she exists in his world, this world, this violent military world, not as some weird extraneous intrusion of “”“civility”“” that he can abuse without repercussion.WHO DOESN’T LIKE THIS PUNCH I’LL FIGHT ‘EM -- source link

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