I read too fast. I answered your comment without checking the original. Like you, I was really referring to Miriam, but I just botched her name.
I was referring to debate amongst people not open minded. Debate will bring out opposition. People who had not yet considered anything different will be made uncomfortable by extreme bigots. It prods people to think. I am old enough to remember when all homosexuals were in the closet & nobody would hire or socialize with someone who even hung out with such people. I am continuously amazed at how much gays & lesbians have been able to get jobs and be themselves in some communities. Certainly not universally true. Sure a long way still to go. But it is still a big change from 50-60 years ago. Portraying a transsexual as being convincing enough & pretty enough to pass as a woman is possibly a novel concept for a lot of straight people. They gonna have to wonder about every woman they see but do not know. Soon some will be going to be seeing transsexuals everywhere -- Oh! the Horror! Some will be adventurous enough to contemplate experimentation -- even if far fewer actually do attempt to date a transsexual. But in the long run, I think the TV series, if if really bad, may wind up opening doorways in many peoples' minds which are now locked shut.
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I was referring to debate amongst people not open minded. Debate will bring out opposition. People who had not yet considered anything different will be made uncomfortable by extreme bigots. It prods people to think. I am old enough to remember when all homosexuals were in the closet & nobody would hire or socialize with someone who even hung out with such people. I am continuously amazed at how much gays & lesbians have been able to get jobs and be themselves in some communities. Certainly not universally true. Sure a long way still to go. But it is still a big change from 50-60 years ago. Portraying a transsexual as being convincing enough & pretty enough to pass as a woman is possibly a novel concept for a lot of straight people. They gonna have to wonder about every woman they see but do not know. Soon some will be going to be seeing transsexuals everywhere -- Oh! the Horror! Some will be adventurous enough to contemplate experimentation -- even if far fewer actually do attempt to date a transsexual. But in the long run, I think the TV series, if if really bad, may wind up opening doorways in many peoples' minds which are now locked shut.