She also feels unsure of whether she somehow consented just by existing in his home, and she’s sad as hell that she’s never before had anyone to tell about the events. She is sick over the idea of telling Anne why she feels that obligation, and she blames herself for not being strong enough to repel her attacker, even while saying she told him no. Miss Walker says she feels an obligation to marry her friend’s recently widowed husband, who repeatedly forced himself on her. In this episode, Gentleman Jack gets it right.
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I am not ashamed to be a survivor - I wrote a whole stand-up special about it (which you can watch for free here) - but I’m often pissed off by the way assault is portrayed on TV. There are lasting effects on the victim’s ability to trust, build relationships, and feel safe in the world. Rape doesn’t make you a dragon queen or samurai-sword-wielding, yellow-jumpsuited badass or a leader of the cowboy robot rebellion. Honestly, bless this show for including this, because your boi Cammy has a real problem with assault being written into story lines as the origin story for tough female characters. What made me like this episode and throw my support behind this show is that “Most Women Are Dull and Stupid” also establishes the real-world stakes of being closeted or gay and celibate, because we finally get some information about why Miss Walker is so darn nervous all the time: Like Susan Sarandon’s Louise, Miss Walker is living with PTSD from a history of sexual assault. Yes, Anne and Ann could lose their lives for for this. For the first time, real-world stakes are established, as it is mentioned that a few weeks back, two gay men were hanged in a town square nearby.
After telling her husband what she saw, she reveals that she can’t follow his instruction to keep that queerness to herself, because she’s already told everyone she knows. We start with Miss Walker’s aunt, who walked in on Anne Lister and Ann Walker in the throes last week. I’ve been happy to recap Gentleman Jack thus far, but also confused about its tone and direction - and then along came the episode I’m calling LESBIAN JUSTICE, and now everything is different. This is the episode that actually made me like this show.
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