The Fall, Antifeminist

I'm only up to Season 2 Epsode 4 of The Fall so far.

I've written before about how certain people view The Fall's Stella Gibson (Gillian Anderson) as some kind of exemplar of feminism. She plays a high ranking cop who, among other things, tells her driver to stop the car when she sees a fellow officer she wants to bed. As soon as she meets him, she invites him to her hotel room. He visits her, and she beds him. He gets murdered later and she doesn't give a damn.

Some would argue that she's acting like any man would, and why would a woman be held to different standards? I'm not sure a male cop would try to bed any random subordinate who catches his eye, but that isn't really the point. The point is this: is that praiseworthy? No, actually. Such a man should be fired. And so should Stella Gibson.

Now in this episode it looks like she's on the prowl again. She oh-so-casually mentions wanting to add a new guy to her task force—a man her assistant describes as charismatic and good-looking. To that, she defensively counters that when she met him he was wearing a full forensic mask. Trolling for ass again, and using her position and authority to do it. Hoorray for feminism.