Samurai Jack - Sexist show?

Almost all the characters in the show are men. The only female characters I remember are the Scotsman's wife (very negatively portrayed) and the Warrior Woman (who is not even a woman).

Are you fucking kidding me. Princess Mira? The Four Elementals? Josephine? [Spring?] (https://youtu.be/iuzt0i42l34?t=17m53s) Princess Verbina? The Fairy? Not to mention shit like Valkyries.

I was especially disappointed in the "Jack in Space" episode, where all the scientists are men.

Then you obviously didn't watch it, because one of the main scientists is female, and during the club scene I count at least 3 other unnamed ones.

Most of the shit in Samurai Jack is rooted in history and mythology, most of which was historically dominated by males. For example, despite "Jack in Africa" containing no African warrior women, it's not sexist, because they simply wouldn't have existed in that time period. "Jack and the Spartans" does not contain any female spartans, because there would NEVER be any female spartans. "Jack, the Monks and the Ancient Master's Son" does not have any female Shaolin monks, because again, there wouldn't be any.

Genndy tried to add a sufficient amount of female representation where it would make sense, and I think he succeeded. Because aside from the examples I mentioned, most of the characters Jack meets are genderless aliens and robots. If you have a problem with that, then I suggest going back to Tumblr.

Not every show has to contain an equal 1:1 ratio of male to female characters, for christ's sakes.

Fuck outta here.

Literally unwatchable now. I won't watch the upcoming season unless they make Jack a stronk powerful woman who don't need no man.

The lack of depictions of women in the show does not necessarily mean the show is sexist. I suspect that was more of an unintended thing. To be fair, the focus of the show the was more about Jack's crazy awesome adventures than pushing for gender equality in cartoons.

What. Scotsman's wife is negatively portrayed? I loved her! She was easily the strongest and most memorable female character in the show. Also how did fail to notice that one of the scientists in that episode was female? So no, the show is in no way sexist.

Just because there aren't many female characters in the show that you want doesn't make it sexist. It doesn't have to be.

Well have you seen the new trailer? Lots of woman. Maybe they are trying to fix this.

I wouldn't say the show is sexist itself but more so the product of a sexist industry.

Remember that it was made a decade ago, I feel like they are trying to normalise it this season.

There's lots of female characters in the show but since it's episodic it's hard to actually get in depth with characters who aren't Jack and Aku due to them either making zero or a handful at most of appearances in future episodes.

I totally feel you. I don't think you're wrong for thinking that way. I'm not sure if I would call it sexist, but there definitely is a sever lack of a female presence in the show and very small representation of positive women. At least important positive women characters. There are little sprinkles of positive female characters, but they're either silent or speak very little and aren't that important.

yes this is a sexist show because they include women though in real life there are no women warriors. They obviously are femininst.

I am rewatching s1 and I didn't notice any sexism, but maybe a bit of light racism/stereotyping. for example I doubt the Arab/Muslim inspired aliens in s1:e6 would pass in today's climate, especially the one making kulululu sounds on a minaret.

It's pretty minor but little things like that remind me the show was made 15 years ago. I imagine the new season will avoid things like that.

As a female I am offended there is no female representation..

Actually When I was younger I was more interested in the fact that Jack picked up his skills from different parts of the world. I wouldn't say the show is sexist, as much as its sort of lacking in representation. Some could argue these are one in the same though.

However the show had to be episodic (characters couldnt really come back) with the exception of fan favorites (the scotsman being the only one that comes to mind). So they couldn't really bring in other minor characters and expect them to be relevant for more than one episode.

The new trailer are loaded with women however (Granted they're evil but really at this point everyone in the show is either evil, or they're Jack.)

The Scotsman's wife is very negatively portrayed? The Scotsman sings praises of her every minute and she's also the strongest character in that episode by far. Her trash talk is also very funny.

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I feel you OP.

lol

Yeahhhhh. No. Youre completly wrong here. This is coming from an adult woman who champions female advancements. Just. No. Wow.

1. As several other posts have said, your synopsis is wrong. To add to other lists, in the FIRST EPISODE is Jack's Mother. Following that is the female spy who first tells Aku of Jack's arrival to the future.
2. Why is this question even coming up. For a show that's aimed at the adventurous spirit of 12-14 year old boys this isn't relevant. Before complaining about children of that age being impressionable and taking advantage of a captive audience the point of this show is for entertainment. The responsibility of teaching children morals and ethics lies with parents, not a TV show. And while stories can promote and convey principles of equality, it is a lazy and irresponsible parent who solely relies on media to do so.
3. The amount of violence in this show and the reboot and you're worried about sexism?

You're trying to elevate it into a philosophical debate or act like it's the foundation for contemporary morality. It's a show. For fun. Trying to run it through a politically correct filter, retroactively mind you, ruins it. Take it somewhere else.