Personally I hate it because it’s always seemed to me like pandering and an attempt to force people to see Carter as a bad ass, when it was completely unnecessary, as we see time and time again that being a woman does nothing to hinder her baddassery.

That episode in particular always felt like an “anti-chud episode”. In the sense that it wasn’t really made for anyone rather than against misogynists becoming part of the fan base. These people have thick skulls, can’t be too subtle in your arguments if you want to get through. Seeing that both of these episodes are relatively early into their respective series kind of reinforces that notion.

So not sure if this was in response to being told they were sexist, I believe this may have been preemptive. But yeah, I guess making a blunt argument to the viewer doesn’t really make for good TV. Not really my favourite episode either.