I agree with you on all of that, definitely. I still got a flavor, though, of "right-thinking man knows better than emotional pregnant woman what's best for her and her child", and that's completely a me thing, a sensitivity to that kind of treatment from a group of male writers who haven't had the best track record in dealing with their female characters. I'm touchy about that stuff, yes. *g* I don't think they were doing it consciously, but, even done unintentionally, it has chauvanistic overtones. I can see Teyla acting the way she did, and I can see John acting the way he did, it all works for the characters, and yet I wish it hadn't been John who "knew better", who was proven right in the end. It just makes me itch, you know? Doesn't mean I don't think she was awesome in the ep, though, because she was, and I was behind everything she did. My first pregnancy was, ahem, unexpected, too, and I totally sympathize with her dilemma, and with his spazzing out over it, as well. I just wish I didn't get that "your biases are showing" feeling about the writers from it.
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