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Dialogue: 0,0:00:06.85,0:00:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,TRON: Legacy.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.24,0:00:12.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Disney's neon-infused sequel\Nto the 1982 classic
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.54,0:00:15.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,includes a particularly egregious\Nexample of a trope
Dialogue: 0,0:00:15.54,0:00:18.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that has bothered me for years.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:19.78,0:00:20.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm Korra."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.14,0:00:25.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a gendered convention\Nthat will be instantly familiar
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.02,0:00:26.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to science fiction fans.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.29,0:00:30.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The convention shows up\Nover and over again
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.14,0:00:33.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in speculative media,\Nbut it didn't have a name.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.97,0:00:35.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So I gave it one.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:35.54,0:00:39.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I call it "Born Sexy Yesterday".
Dialogue: 0,0:00:43.27,0:00:44.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"She's an ISO."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:44.64,0:00:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The character of Korra is\Nan isomorphic algorithm, or ISO.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.84,0:00:54.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Basically, she's a sentient computer\Nprogram in the shape of a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.39,0:00:55.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"She's the miracle, man."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.68,0:00:58.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Everything I've ever worked for."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.68,0:01:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"A digital frontier \Nto reshape the human condition."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.12,0:01:09.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the last of the ISOs,\NKorra is described in this way:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.78,0:01:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Profoundly naive."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.97,0:01:14.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Umimaginably wise."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:15.54,0:01:19.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that sounds vaguely like something\Nsomeone might say about a child,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.38,0:01:21.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's no accident.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.92,0:01:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because that's exactly how \NTRON: Legacy portraits Korra.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.75,0:01:30.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But between you and me,\NJules Verne is my favorite."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.60,0:01:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you know Jules Verne?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.54,0:01:34.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sure."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:35.29,0:01:36.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's he like?"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.33,0:01:41.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She has the mind of a naive,\Nyet highly-skilled child,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:41.52,0:01:45.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but in the body\Nof a mature, sexualized woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:45.81,0:01:48.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She also serves as\Nour hero's love interest.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.07,0:01:57.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Profoundly naive, yet unimaginably wise"\Ncaptures the essence of this trope.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:00.56,0:02:06.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Born Yesterday" is an idiom meaning\Nextremely naive, inexperienced, or ignorant.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.45,0:02:09.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He thinks I'm too stupid, huh?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:09.39,0:02:10.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Uh, no..."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.44,0:02:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He's right. I'm stupid and I like it."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.76,0:02:14.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You do?"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.53,0:02:18.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Sure! I'm happy. I get everything I want.\NTwo mink coats. Everything."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.29,0:02:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Activate it."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.14,0:02:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As a media trope, Born Sexy Yesterday\Nhas both the figurative,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.98,0:02:31.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and in many cases, a literal meaning.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.95,0:02:39.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The 1997 sci-fi cult classic\NThe Fifth Element
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.29,0:02:44.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is probably the most quintessensial\Nexample of Born Sexy Yesterday.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.70,0:02:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I told you. Perfect."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.66,0:02:53.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Korra, Leeloo is whimsical and naive.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:57.64,0:03:01.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she's also deliberately framed\Nin a sexualized way.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:01.99,0:03:03.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They really made her-"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.28,0:03:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Perfect. I know."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.04,0:03:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The female characters\Nthat this trope is built around
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.95,0:03:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are defined by their innocence of\Nand inexperience with worldly things.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:13.27,0:03:14.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Pretty!"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.47,0:03:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially when it comes to sex, romance,\Nor basic social interaction.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.03,0:03:21.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Would you mind if I kiss you?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.73,0:03:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Does it hurt?"
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.26,0:03:26.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Though the use of\Nscience fiction conventions,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.77,0:03:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're brought into the human world\Nalready fully formed.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:30.85,0:03:35.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mind of a child manifests\Nin a mature female body.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.37,0:03:43.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She may be an android, a computer program,\Na mermaid, an alien, a magical being,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:43.71,0:03:49.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or otherwise raised in an environment\Nisolated from the rest of human society.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.26,0:03:54.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Many of these female characters\Nhave one very specific thing in common.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.59,0:03:59.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're all deliberately written to be \Ncompletely unaware of their own sex appeal.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.48,0:04:05.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This stance provides filmmakers with\Nan excuse to include at least one scene
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.70,0:04:08.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in which she disrobes in front of men.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.46,0:04:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And because she's so naive, she doesn't\Nunderstand the implication of this action.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.34,0:04:18.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Morning! Come on in."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.76,0:04:20.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Didn't bring my bathing suit."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.77,0:04:22.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's a bathing suit?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.54,0:04:24.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ho oh, murder."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.19,0:04:28.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you might imagine, there's\Nquite a bit of overlap here
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.13,0:04:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, good morning Robert!"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:29.42,0:04:31.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with the Manic Pixie Dream Girl trope,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.29,0:04:36.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is a magical room.\NWhere did the water come from?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.76,0:04:41.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Uh, oh, well, the...\NThe water comes from the pipes."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.52,0:04:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Where did the pipes get it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.22,0:04:46.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,although characters who\Nwere Born Sexy Yesterday
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.23,0:04:50.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are often highly skilled at something\Nthat men will respect.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:50.64,0:04:53.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Frequently, that thing is combat.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.90,0:05:01.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, so far, we've only focused on the\Nfemale characters associated with this trope.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.15,0:05:04.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it isn't really about them.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.80,0:05:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That doorway spins."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.29,0:05:12.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like most things in Hollywood,\NBorn Sexy Yesterday is written for men.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.29,0:05:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And ultimately, it's a relationship trope.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.20,0:05:21.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"5'9".... blue eyes...\Nlong legs... great skin..."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.17,0:05:24.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You know...\NPerfect."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:24.31,0:05:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that means we need to talk\Nabout the other side of the equation.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:28.29,0:05:29.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The male heroes.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:31.66,0:05:36.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Typically, he's a straight, red-blooded man\Nwho has, for a variety of reasons,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:36.71,0:05:40.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,found himself alone,\Nor unsatisfied in love.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.64,0:05:48.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He finds himself disenfranchised,\Nor otherwise directionless.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.76,0:05:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He either can't find, or doesn't want,\Na woman from his own world.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.09,0:05:59.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A woman who might be his equal\Nin matters of love and sexuality.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:00.50,0:06:03.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He does have one thing\Ngoing for him though.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.72,0:06:07.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He knows all about living life\Nas a normal human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.84,0:06:09.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Too bad you don't eat food."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.70,0:06:11.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You might find it\Nto be quite pleasurable."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:12.72,0:06:14.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How do you get pleasure out of food?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.54,0:06:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Here."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.36,0:06:16.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, thank you."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.25,0:06:18.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If you want my secret,\Nyou'll eat my sandwitch."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.22,0:06:21.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, so does\Nevery other guy on Earth.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:22.04,0:06:24.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which should make him unremarkable.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:24.94,0:06:26.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Chew! Chew!"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:26.92,0:06:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Except, to a woman Born Yesterday,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:30.63,0:06:33.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because she's presumably\Nnever known another man,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.23,0:06:39.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he would seem like the smartest,\Nmost amazing guy in the entire universe.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:39.60,0:06:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Mm, this is fun! What is it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:06:44.99,0:06:47.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Ham and cheese on rye with mayo."
Dialogue: 0,0:06:47.72,0:06:52.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here where we start to see how\Nthe trope is constructed as a male fantasy.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.26,0:06:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's precisely her naivety\Nand her innocence
Dialogue: 0,0:06:56.27,0:06:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that allows her to see\Nsomething special in him.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.52,0:07:04.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that other less innocent\Nor more experienced women cannot.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.05,0:07:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"System: normal. Estimated resuscitation\Ntime: 600 seconds. Commencing countdown."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.67,0:07:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now we don't have time\Nto go into it here,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.10,0:07:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Born Sexy Yesterday is absolutely\Neverywhere in Japanese anime.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.22,0:07:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I should note that Born Sexy Yesterday\Nis not a modern trope.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:24.80,0:07:29.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it's been a fixture of\Nclassic Hollywood science fiction films
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.30,0:07:31.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,since the beginning of the genre.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:31.74,0:07:33.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This was intriguing."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.82,0:07:36.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I wonder just how far\Nwomen would permit this to go."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.50,0:07:41.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's nothing really personal,\Njust a kiss."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:41.98,0:07:45.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hmm. But why should people\Nwant to kiss each other?"
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.40,0:07:46.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's an old custom."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:47.18,0:07:49.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"All the really high civilizations\Ngo in for it."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:49.72,0:07:51.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But it's so silly."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:51.36,0:07:52.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"But it's good for you, though."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.94,0:07:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It stimulates the whole system."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:54.97,0:07:58.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"As a matter of fact, you can't\Nbe in tip-top health without it."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.15,0:08:00.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Really? I didn't know that."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:01.12,0:08:03.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'd be only too happy to show you."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:03.56,0:08:05.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, thank you very much, Lieutenant."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.16,0:08:07.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No trouble at all."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:08.24,0:08:12.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Forbidden Planet in 1956 is one example.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:15.56,0:08:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Time Machine in 1960 is another.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:20.96,0:08:22.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, what's your name?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:24.30,0:08:25.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Weena."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.89,0:08:26.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Weena?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.40,0:08:29.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How do you spell it?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:32.73,0:08:33.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Spell?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:33.100,0:08:36.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Spell! Write! Can't you write?"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.61,0:08:40.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then there's a character of Nova\Nfrom the original Planet of the Apes.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.43,0:08:42.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Look at that. I..."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:44.15,0:08:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I taught you to smile."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.82,0:08:50.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is the protagonist's love interest\Ndespite not understanding
Dialogue: 0,0:08:50.31,0:08:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the concept of language.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.68,0:09:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The trope usually involves a white woman,\Nbut Born Sexy Yesterday is an offshoot
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.82,0:09:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a much older media convention.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.80,0:09:13.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One in which white adventurers\Ndiscover indigenous women.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.92,0:09:18.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although in this case, \Nscience fiction replaces colonialism
Dialogue: 0,0:09:19.00,0:09:21.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as the mechanism driving that narrative.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:21.93,0:09:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Big... Bada big boom."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:25.26,0:09:26.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Big! Boom!"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.59,0:09:28.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, big badaboom."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:28.37,0:09:29.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Badaboom."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.69,0:09:32.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Big boom. Big badaboom."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.47,0:09:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Still, sometimes it's a little of both.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.26,0:09:43.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born Sexy Yesterday fetishizes\Nthe stark power imbalance
Dialogue: 0,0:09:43.95,0:09:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,between a wiser, more experienced man,\Nand a naive, inexperienced woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:49.90,0:09:53.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the ultimate\Nteacher - student dynamic.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:53.88,0:09:59.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's the custom of my people to \Nhelp one another when we're in trouble."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.14,0:10:02.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Star Trek is famous for making \Nfrequent use of this trope.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.29,0:10:10.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps, "infamous" is a better word,\Nbecause the trope shows up
Dialogue: 0,0:10:10.53,0:10:14.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the original series, and then\Nin every other series afterwards.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.23,0:10:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And this.\NIs this also helping?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.87,0:10:26.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You could call it that."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.48,0:10:32.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Please, help me once again."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.46,0:10:40.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let's start by doing something\Ndifferent with your hair."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:40.70,0:10:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven of Nine's relationship with\NThe Doctor on Star Trek: Voyager
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.08,0:10:45.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a prominent example.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.05,0:10:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Especially as depicted in the episode\NSomeone to Watch Over Me.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.70,0:10:51.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Try shaking your head a little bit."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.43,0:10:55.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is this more appropriate?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.04,0:10:59.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fans of that series will remember that\NThe Doctor's own social naivety
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.05,0:11:03.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is never framed by the show\Nas something sexy.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:04.36,0:11:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"How shall I choose?"
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.18,0:11:08.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think you'd look very nice\Nin this one."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:10.74,0:11:14.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I am uncertain how to wear\Nsuch a garment. Assist me."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.51,0:11:19.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, I, I, I'm sure you'll manage.\NI'll go prepare the Holodeck."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.21,0:11:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Remember, the idea is\Nto have fun tonight."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:21.37,0:11:23.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll expect a full report\Nin the morning."
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.72,0:11:28.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Although Born Sexy Yesterday was\Na major part of Seven's character,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.12,0:11:32.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least to begin with, she is ultimately\Nmade much more than than that.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.16,0:11:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And outside of a handful of\Nrather cringe-worthy episodes,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:36.74,0:11:41.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seven's story is largely one of\Nself-realization and self-discovery,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.71,0:11:45.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which manages to transcend\Nthe constraint of the trope.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.24,0:11:52.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To a large degree, this is also true of a\Ncharacter like Sonmi-451 from Cloud Atlas.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:52.45,0:11:55.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Seven, her romantic relationship\Nis downplayed,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:55.12,0:11:58.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while her character development\Nis made central.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.58,0:12:02.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Knowledge is a mirror.\NAnd for the first time in my life,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:02.30,0:12:07.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was allowed to see who I was,\Nand who I might become."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.20,0:12:09.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which brings me to this point.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.52,0:12:11.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problem with this trope
Dialogue: 0,0:12:11.01,0:12:14.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is not necessarily with\Nthe female characters themselves.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.67,0:12:19.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If these were simply stories involving\Nnaive, extraterrestrial women
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.12,0:12:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who learn about love, and humanity,\Nthen that wouldn't be an issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.83,0:12:27.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Likewise, if the male hero was also\Ninexperienced, and our two protagonists
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.95,0:12:30.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could discover love and sex together,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.27,0:12:34.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then that would avoid most\Nof the troubling power dynamic issues.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.22,0:12:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What's going on?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.27,0:12:38.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We need to understand how it works."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:39.84,0:12:40.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What?"
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.19,0:12:43.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This chip. This body."
Dialogue: 0,0:12:44.13,0:12:48.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So for example, Cameron from \NThe Sarah Connor Chronicles TV show
Dialogue: 0,0:12:48.37,0:12:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fits the trope.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.09,0:12:52.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But her relationship\Nwith the young John Connor
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.70,0:12:55.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is framed as much more\Nof a mutual exploration.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.21,0:13:01.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since Born Sexy Yesterday hinges\Non a lopsided power dynamic,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.80,0:13:05.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it almost never portraits\Nthe other way around.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:06.26,0:13:09.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's extremely rare for\Na more experienced female character
Dialogue: 0,0:13:09.99,0:13:12.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to teach a naive man about sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:12.71,0:13:14.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think I better go home now, Mary Sue."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.74,0:13:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.01,0:13:18.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I think I might be... ill."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:21.17,0:13:22.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Something's happening to me."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:23.92,0:13:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's supposed to happen."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.43,0:13:28.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It is?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:29.96,0:13:31.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Yeah, trust me."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.82,0:13:34.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Wait, no, no. No!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.40,0:13:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's your dessert."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:37.51,0:13:39.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You eat that with forks."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.27,0:13:43.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Perhaps that's because \Nmost grown women don't find the idea
Dialogue: 0,0:13:43.46,0:13:47.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of dating an inexperienced\Nadolescent boy all that appealing.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.99,0:13:53.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no, erm... Leave that last.\NSandwitch first, dessert last."
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.44,0:13:58.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,On the rare occasions\Nwhen the genders are reversed,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.30,0:14:02.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,male ineptitude then becomes\Nthe butt of the joke.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.56,0:14:05.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hi. This is the woman from\Nthe baseball card store. Remember me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.82,0:14:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh yes! Hi! Hello! Hot-diggity-dog!"
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.33,0:14:13.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thanks for calling me on the telephone."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.67,0:14:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She may even end up falling for him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.25,0:14:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But she falls for him despite\Nhis inexperience,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:21.86,0:14:23.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not because of it.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:28.82,0:14:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh I'm so sorry!\NI forgot about the autowash."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.58,0:14:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Born Sexy Yesterday is about\Nan unbalanced relationship.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.87,0:14:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's also very much\Nconnected to masculinity.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:43.04,0:14:47.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The subtext of the trope is the rooted\Nin a deep-seated male insecurity
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.25,0:14:49.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around sex and sexuality.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:50.95,0:14:54.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crux of the trope is a fixation\Non male superiority.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.23,0:14:58.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fixation with holding power\Nover an innocent girl.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:59.15,0:15:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in order to make that\Nsocially acceptable,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.79,0:15:03.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,science fiction is employed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:03.56,0:15:07.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to put the mind of that girl into\Na sexualized adult woman's body.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:09.18,0:15:11.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a fantasy based on fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.68,0:15:16.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Fear of women who are men's equals\Nin sexual experience and romantic history,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:17.58,0:15:21.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and fear of losing\Nthe intellectual upper hand to women.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:24.59,0:15:29.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In Woody Allen's 1973 comedy Sleeper,\Nthe protagonist is frozen,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:29.69,0:15:34.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and when he wakes up in the future,\Nhe's suddenly, and very conveniently,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.16,0:15:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the only man left on Earth\Nwho still remembers how to have sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:41.30,0:15:46.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That same exact thing happens\Nto Stallone's character in Demolition Man.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.27,0:15:49.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:50.37,0:15:53.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Are all fluid transfer\Nactivities like this?"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.33,0:15:54.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Better."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.12,0:15:54.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Better?"
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.70,0:15:56.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh my."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.95,0:16:00.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Born Sexy Yesterday is\Na science fiction trope
Dialogue: 0,0:16:00.27,0:16:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's designed specifically\Nso male heroes get to automatically be
Dialogue: 0,0:16:04.52,0:16:08.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the most extraordinary man\Nin a woman's life,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:08.28,0:16:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,again, because they are basically the\Nonly man to have ever been in her life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:15.74,0:16:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As such, the trope rests on\Nsome troubling patriarchal ideas
Dialogue: 0,0:16:20.09,0:16:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about female purity and virginity.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.29,0:16:28.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,By definition, characters Born Sexy\NYesterday have no past lovers,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.21,0:16:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and no previous sexual experiences.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.37,0:16:35.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She's framed as pure and innocent,\Nsexually and romantically,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.24,0:16:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unchanged and uncorrupted\Nby the attention of other men.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.53,0:16:46.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The male hero therefore avoids\Neven the possibility of being compared,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.19,0:16:50.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of being judged, of not measuring up.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:51.41,0:16:54.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end of the day,\Nthis is a male fantasy
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.22,0:16:57.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about escaping the humiliation\Nand projection.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:57.59,0:17:00.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Since he's the first and only man\Nin this woman's life,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.13,0:17:03.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he gets to be the best by default.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:06.29,0:17:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which means he doesn't even have to try to\Nbe a better partner, a better boyfriend,\N
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.74,0:17:12.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or a better lover.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.07,0:17:15.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"That's what we call a kiss."
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.33,0:17:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, the reality is that\Nlife experience is a plus,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.87,0:17:25.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not a minus in relationships.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.70,0:17:32.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we need more media to reflex that.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:32.18,0:17:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need media where men enthusiastically\Nembrace women who are their equals.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:37.45,0:17:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Equals in everything, including\Nin matters of love and sex.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.78,0:17:45.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So to all you would-be\Nscience fiction writers out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:45.74,0:17:47.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'll leave you with this.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:48.02,0:17:50.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Innocence is not sexy.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:51.29,0:17:53.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Knowledge and experience,\Non the other hand,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.76,0:17:56.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now that, that's extremely sexy.
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