Sunday, April 8, 2018

Perfect Number Watches VeggieTales "Esther: The Girl Who Became Queen" (2000)









































































So when I was tweeting about this, I didn't get into the sketchy issues about consent and how unhealthy Esther's marriage was.

First of all, in the real story, the women just had to join the king's harem and didn't have a choice about it. And the way the bible is written, it's like it never even occurred to anyone that women should have a choice in who they marry or whether they have sex.

And second, how come all the times I heard this story in church, nobody ever pointed out how Esther and the king's marriage is very much NOT a model of a healthy marriage? Like, she's not allowed to talk to him unless he calls for her first- like, you do realize that healthy relationships are built on COMMUNICATION, right? And they had such a GIANT power imbalance. Like why didn't anyone ever point out that, if the main obstacle in your story is a woman can't talk to her husband without fearing he'll have her killed, maybe their marriage is kind of fucked up?










































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To see all my VeggieTales reviews: Perfect Number Watches VeggieTales (Master Post)

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