“Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by [anything else]”
This comes off the back of seeing a post about teachers, and the power they have to change students lives, which was shown through different TV and movie teachers. The top comment, which was liked by the poster, was this:
“Hate to be that person but I just find it disappointing how most films about inspiring teachers are men when teaching is a female dominated field by far.”
The implication is that, through some combination of sexism by screenwriters or producers or whoever, we reached this outcome and I just can’t stand it.
Maybe male teachers, by being a minority, are typically more standout. Maybe, it’s some mix of personality that means male teachers make more of an impact on the types of people who make movies. Maybe it’s pure luck. Maybe it’s because it’s very hard to portray close and genuine male - male relationships without them being sexualised.
Who knows? But why must it be malice?
The other thing is: How do we solve this? Less male teachers? Barring movies about male teachers? Gender swapping the stories made by those who were genuinely inspired by a male teacher? All contrived, unfair, perverse, and morally gross.
Not everything is a conspiracy. Not everything is someone out to get you.
Sometimes things just are.