{"id":268,"date":"2013-10-03T16:59:02","date_gmt":"2013-10-03T20:59:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/?p=268"},"modified":"2013-10-03T21:06:32","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T01:06:32","slug":"blurred-lines","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/2013\/10\/03\/blurred-lines\/","title":{"rendered":"Blurred Lines"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Irene-Adler-Nude-Sherlock\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While both versions of \u201cThe Scandal in Bohemia\u201d revolve around a woman\u2019s ability to match Sherlock in intelligence, Irene Adler\u2019s choice of dress in the TV series is an important element to consider in modern day society We first see Adler as very confident and masculine: when deciding what to wear upon her first meeting with Sherlock Holmes, Irene Adler decides on wearing her \u201cbattle dress\u201d. She also uses imagery of blood and war in a way that could be perceived as masculine and aggressive. Compared to Irene in Conan Doyle\u2019s story, Irene Adler\u2019s personality in Sherlock<\/span> is bold and powerful. Irene does not come across as dainty and feminine as in Doyle\u2019s edition. Adler displays a masculine personality by being over confident, aggressive and describing her encounter as a battle. Adler\u2019s male like persona is a representation of her ability to think and act like a man and to be in control.<\/p>\n

In the same moments, Irene can be perceived as feminine through her naked appearance and her sexuality. This femininity does not take away her dominance but rather assists Irene in outsmarting Sherlock and throwing him off guard. Adler\u2019s nudity gives her an immense amount of power over Sherlock Holmes: he asks her to cover up after the shock of seeing her naked. He appears weak and consumed by the distraction of her nudity. This power struggle suggests that men are still addicted and flawed by their obsession with women and sex and hints that women have the ability to use this addiction to their advantage such as Adler did. Simply put, to remain in control a woman must think like a man but use their feminine values to obtain what they want.<\/p>\n

The television series, Sherlock<\/span>, suggests that nowadays that the correct balance of femininity and masculinity enables someone to be in power. Irene Adler\u2019s blurred lines of masculinity and femininity is what enables her to have more power than Sherlock in this particular scene. At the same time, I would like to pose the question: At what point does using your sexuality for power not become okay? Irene\u2019s nudity also calls into question the normatively of being naked and a role such as a dominatrix has in today\u2019s society. It highlights the commonality of seeing a naked woman in modern cinematography and that there is still appears to be an unbalance of female and male roles in power. While gender roles have become more equalitarian, nudity and sex still play a dominant role in the power play between the sexes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

While both versions of \u201cThe Scandal in Bohemia\u201d revolve around a woman\u2019s ability to match Sherlock in intelligence, Irene Adler\u2019s choice of dress in the TV series is an important element to consider in modern day society We first see Adler as very confident and masculine: when deciding what to wear upon her first meeting … Continue reading Blurred Lines<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1773,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1773"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/268\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/fysdetective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}