I'm a female and will try and give the show a chance but I think it's kind of a lame pretentious show.

I would not say that it's geared to female fans.
I believe however that many men may dismiss the show because of the female lead. Women are used to watching men's stories and are therefore more prone to enjoy and relate to them because they have had to. We're all very familiar with men's stories so the same type of shows with male leads aren't labeled as a guy show
What I'm trying to say is. Just because the character is experiencing problems that only women may be victim to, doesn't make it geared to female fans. I think everyone can connect to her story even though you haven't experienced it yourself so you should give it a try.
I think by watching films with a large female cast can broaden peoples horizons. When men bitch about not relating to a movie about girls it's utter beep and it's just cause they're not used to watching them and therefore have no
understanding
I'm a 19 year old female and a huuuge film enthusiast, i love all kinds of movies and i have a weak spot for superhero stuff since it's been a part of my childhood. I've seen so many different kinds of films and so many shows and most of them don't highlight female stories. This has however almost never been a problem for me when watching. If all women thought the same way men did when it comes to gender in cinema, women almost wouldn't watch shows or films at all haha.
I wouldn't say this show is the best of the best, but it's okay and my tolorance is lowered cause i enjoy these types of stories. I thought it was waaaay better than the avengers films, i enjoyed that it was more gritty and emotional. It's also better than luke cage ( which was sadly a dissapointment)

well the show is pretty dark and deep i wouldn't call it friendly to most girls
is it a girl's show ?
because it features mainly women ? oh shut up

I think it's the best Marvel TV adaption yet by a long way.
It's got substance and is actually about something. I think if you just want to see bad guys getting punched through walls, there are probably better things out there. I think it's very much written for guys, but is very easy for girls to like and probably understand a bit better.
If you didn't like Krysten Ritter in Breaking Bad, you probably won't like this series. Because it is all her. I think she's mind-blowingly good in it.

Out of all the Marvel TV/Netflix shows out there I'd put this on the bottom but overall enjoy it.
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I'm male and this is easily my favorite Netflix original, to date.

Vera Farmiga is underrated!

Of all the people that suggested it to me, 1 was female and around 10 where male and i being male myself enjoyed it

One of the show's strengths is its very different style.
Bingo!
It should be clear to everyone at this point that these series are
designed
to operate in totally different spaces with wildly different tones and styles.
People that complain one show isn't like another are missing the point.

It's a very slow burner. Unlike Luke Cage which started quite slow but then kept up a fast pace, Jessica remains slow besides three episodes towards the end. This allows for a lot of drama and introspection. One of the show's strengths is its very different style. It also proves to be what has kept it from entertaining more people.
Personally, I loved it. I like that Kilgrave's powers are hinted at and talked about yet what we see of him is quite mischievous until eventually the horror of his power is displayed. I like that Jessica is unable to deal with him or the people around her due to the fact that she was used, repeatedly, by him. This is a complicated show and Jessica is often not a hero.
People complain about her powers but I think it makes sense. She's strong but she's not tough. Unlike Luke, she hurts. Her fight scenes are usually her just throwing people around because she doesn't want to hurt people and she's not a trained fighter. I also think this is one of the show's strengths. Daredevil has these awesome, sometimes numbing scenes of violence and action whereas Jessica's scenes are very minimal. That means when they get to the violence and action towards the end, I found it far more exciting.
However, someone will quite likely be along to say I'm wrong.
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I LOVE this show and I am a guy. I think out of the three. LC,DD and JJ. Jessica Jones is the best.

I'm an adult, non-progressive, heterosexual male, but I've never been a guy. I happened to really enjoy J.J. and look forward to season 2.
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I feel really bad for your kids. You're going to beep them up.

I have no affection for superhero movies.
Okay so why then are you using your free time to make
MULTIPLE
postings on an IMDB superhero channel???

Myself personally, I have no affection for superhero movies. I think they're retarded concepts created by weak people to substitute for them being weak-assed losers their whole life. But my kids like them, so of course I suffer through them. The Avengers movie was entertaining, and this series kind of picks up a short time after the events in that movie. I could be mistaken, no one cares really It's kind of interesting to see how quasi-normal people would respond to all of these "perfect" superhero assclowns tearing up their world. IMO not enough attention was spent on it.
To sum up, It's a different perspective. I wouldn't buy a ticket to see it, but I'll watch it on Netflix. Til I stop paying them, lol.
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Myself personally, I have no affection for superhero movies. I think they're retarded concepts created by weak people to substitute for them being weak-assed losers their whole life. But my kids like them, so of course I suffer through them. The Avengers movie was entertaining, and this series kind of picks up a short time after the events in that movie. I could be mistaken, no one cares really It's kind of interesting to see how quasi-normal people would respond to all of these "perfect" superhero assclowns tearing up their world. IMO not enough attention was spent on it.
To sum up, It's a different perspective. I wouldn't buy a ticket to see it, but I'll watch it on Netflix. Til I stop paying them, lol.

But yeah my point is basically, that just becuase this a show about a girl that has been a victim to something that almost only girls experience, doesn't mean it's geared towards girls. That would be like saying the godfather is geared towards people in the maffia and lord of the rings is geared towards hobbits.
Slow clap well said my friend, well said.
It would make more sense that if you had a female perspective of an issue that you would want to share/express it with males. As telling it to people who already understand it (females) would be a waste of time even thinking of it as a "message".
Who wants to spend time and resources teaching people things they already know?
This show is geared towards men. It's just some women have jumped onto it as it appeals to their "victimhood" nature and therefore makes it feel "real" to them.
But then I guess most women seem to ignore the abusive women in the show as their focus is Jessica being a victim rather than the entire show.

1. Woman trained to prevent victimhood and even fights a man on the same level (performance enhancing drugs) and wins (Trish Patsy Walker)
2. Controlling female abuser (Jeri Hogarth)
3. Abusive mother (Dorothy Walker)
   Vs the point of one abusive guy? Clearly this was to teach men about women of different types and how even if you didn't realise, there is a chance you could have raped someone unknowingly (Mainly those situations with bold men and indecisive/feeling pressured women).
   But the most impactful moment of this show really was when Kilgrave uses his ability on the nosy neighbour. In that moment despite everything Jessica Jones lets down her guard and really shows you how confusing women can appear to be.
   And I know it's not like she wanted to sleep with Kilgrave or anything but it was a sincere moment of understanding she felt with her rapist. And following that she even tried to make him "good".
   I think this is more for men to understand how fickle women can be (even towards their rapist) and understanding the different types of women out there (Victim/fighter/abuser/controller).

Toxic masculinity is when men get socialized into negative behaviour that society describes as "masculine" like
being aggressive and violent and entitled
hahahhahaha lol, agressive, violent and entitled are basically every villain. Kinda unrealistic to have expectations that the villains won't posess those qualities and i wouldn't say that's toxic masculinty
stalkers and creep are not unheard of btw, (everyone knows a rapevictim, no one knows a rapist right?) i think all women get sexually harrassed at one point or another in their lives based on my own experience and my friends experiences and we're not even 20 yet.
edit: sorry didn't see you had writted female stalkers and creeps as in girl stalkers, i thought you said stalkers and creeps who harrass girls. But yeah my point is basically, that just becuase this a show about a girl that has been a victim to something that almost only girls experience, doesn't mean it's geared towards girls. That would be like saying the godfather is geared towards people in the maffia and lord of the rings is geared towards hobbits.
Honestly it's weird you don't see "toxic masculinity" portrayed in every movie cause it's certainly a part of every woman's day to day
waitright it's because the filmindustry is a boysclub with a bunch of men who hire their friends. Films typically never show women's day to day, instead they show men's stories.
It's sad cause film is a way to share stories and broaden peoples understanding of one another. When all the people who get to "create" are men, of course boys growing up watching those stories aren't going to understand women the same way they have an understanding of men (because the male perspective is always shared more) . I wouldn't call the villains in this "typical toxic masculinity characters" they're just beep phsycopath beep But even if they were, would that be such a bad thing? by getting that on screen more people may finally understand the type of behaviours that a patriarchy creates.

Toxic masculinity is when men get socialized into negative behaviour that society describes as "masculine" like being aggressive and violent and entitled, it doesn't describe all men of course but unfortunately it describes some men who women commonly run into and interact with.
It's been a while since I've seen it but the way I remember it, the main villain was a rapist who kept telling women to "smile" and the secondary villain was a jerk who kept talking over her and diminishing her ideas and "mansplaining" to her. They were written to be villains that women would relate to. I guess female stalkers and creeps exist but honestly they're pretty unheard of, women don't typically do these sort of entitled and domineering behaviours to men and men don't typically deal with women like that and if they did, it wouldn't feel threatening.

toxic masculinity ? WHAT !
There is no such thing ! the villains were beep who had mental issues they do not represent men !
Just because a series tackles an issue faced by women doesn't mean only women can watch it ! men should know about these issues too
Also there are female stalkers and creeps too so men can relate

Well as a man, I liked it but the show was definitely geared towards women. The two villains were both just demonstrations of toxic masculinity for Jessica to beat up.

no it's not geared towards women ! anyone can enjoy the series i am sorry that you didn't find it interesting
as it doesn't have much action so maybe that's why you couldn't get into it

Thanks for the responses, I finished the series a couple days ago. I enjoyed it quite a bit, way more than I thought I would. Ritter was actually really good in it, Kilgrave cracked me up, although evil, the things he made people do were very funny to me, like when he got annoyed by the one guy and told him to go across the street and stare at the fence forever. I was glad to see Luke cage was in it a bunch and like when him and Jones teamed up. I'm glad I watched it

Loved it. Was better than her comic book counter part. Her backstory was that she tried the super hero gig but didn't work out for her. Future is that she is going to be in the Defenders even tho she was never in the Defenders in the comics but she was part of Avengers. Honestly what got me was that I got to see Jessica Jones pop out from the comics to the screen.

I'm a guy an I really enjoyed it. Maybe it's just me but I watched all 13 episodes twice.