Game of Thrones

Daequan Starkes

Blog Post#3

12/7/15

Game of Thrones

Game of Thrones has been the true essence of feminism. Game of thrones is one of the only shows that I know that has just the amount of female characters as male. I think that this is a huge feet for society especially since that is one of HBO’s most popular shows, and is watched by millions each week.  The series is so popular that the premiere of the most recent season had over 18 million views upon its release. One thing that I would like to point out as well is although Game of Thrones may get stereotyped as a guy’s show, in fact about 40% of the viewers are women. That is awesome in my view because it is not common that you have a show that displays feminism and does so well, and have its viewership equal among both genders.

I would like to talk about Daenerys Targaryen specifically. Daenerys is the one who wins the feminist award in TV shows if there were one. The reason why I think that she is such a great feminist character is because she has overcome so much. She started out as one of the only survives of her family, besides her bother. Daenerys has been sold to a dothraki warlord, took over the reigns when he died, which is very important because the dothraki  have had no woman leader, it always falls to the men. The dothraki also only follow the strong, and for her to be a leader to these people show just how strong of a character and woman she is. After that she soon conquered cities and gained an army. I want to point out how not only is this abnormal in the world of Game of Thrones for a woman to have such power but also how abnormal it is to have it in such a prevalent TV show.  Other time feminism has been increasing and increasing in media. This is great that society is headed in this direction. Although some may say that this is just a TV show and has no merit to the real world. Those people are wrong and highly ignorant. The fact that they are airing powerful female characters shows just how much society is changing. Airing such material will also so how this generation and maybe even the next how strong women can be and also show that they can get a important main role in television just as much as a man can.

As time moves on we see more and more female actors gaining important roles in film. Game of Thrones is one of them, and with viewership increasing each season it will hopefully spread feminism in other shows. Hopefully Game of Thrones view on women will be the standard in the film industry and show other TV shows and movies how to properly create a female character. This is not saying that all shows need women that conquer and take what is theirs through fire and blood, but just saying that women are not one dimensional and can be just as powerful as men in fiction and real life.