Do people have an issue that you’re women making movies about violence or gore? That this isn’t the way women are supposed to express ourselves, that women can’t address the horror genre because it’s too messy or bloody? Sylvia: The first time I really realized it was after I made American Mary. The reviews weren’t as much a commentary on the film, but very hateful, bigoted language against women. Saying things like, “There isn’t a rape culture,” or “Women don’t do this. Men don’t treat women like this.” I was getting very upset by it. I was talking to my dad, and I said, “I don’t understand, these are things that I’ve gone through. And my dad looked at me and was like, “A misogynist is never going to like your work. They’re never going to like when you put a flashlight on those kinds of issues. Because they don’t want to talk about it. They don’t want to accept it. And they like being that way.” Jen: I think Syl hit the nail on the head again when we brought light to those issues with American Mary. It really pissed off a certain demographic of men. And I know that our work continues to piss off a demographic of men. If you ask a man when was the last time they thought a woman was going to kill, rape or murder them—its never! It’s laughable. When you try and bring those issues up, they say, Oh, you’re just being overly sensitive. Or one of my favorite things, when someone is overly crude and they say, Oh, honey, you just can’t take a joke. I can take a joke. Sylvia: It’s not only men; I noticed a lot of it in women. Jen: Yeah. Sylvia: We’re so critical of each other. We don’t all have to live the same life. Or present ourselves in the same way. It seems like we should be at a time where it’s like, Good for you, girl. More power to you, sister. I will support you to do that. I don’t want to tear you down because it’s different from my aspect, or my aspirations or my goals. thehairpin/2014/10/a-battle-to-the-grave-an-interview-with-the-soska-sisters
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