You're right - Dean regressed. He's more mature before Sam gets his soul back, then becomes less - almost as if he is reacting to it - by being his old self. Sam even states he hasn't changed a bit.
Had more or less the same reaction to Dean's comments regarding virgins. I rolled my eyes at the pink room comment and girl comments coming out of Dean's mouth - the media continues to promote negative stereotypes regarding female sexuality and how women can only become "women" if they have intercourse, which grates (I wanted to kick the writers, much the same way I've wanted to kick many many other writers who do the same thing). This show can be incredibly sexist and misogynistic at times, as are the characters. But, it is in part the genre. If you think about it - women are consistently depicted as either virgin/whore or mother/girlfriend or enemy, in these guys pov. They have no experience with women outside of those roles. Their world is all men. When women show up - they are either sexual objects, seducers, or nurturers.
And the pov is limited to Dean and Sam - two guys who have never had a long sustained relationship with a woman either as a friendship, mother/son, or sexual.
So hence the pig-behavior. They don't know how to act around or deal with women. Their main and most important relationship is with each other and their father, no one exists outside of that relationship.
Have you ever seen the film Fraility with Bill Paxton and Mathew McConaghy? Supernatural borrows heavily from it.
So, I keep in mind that the misogyny and sexism is really an example of what is so wrong with these boys. And focus on the brother relationship - which is why I watch it, I have a thing for brother relationships. LOL!
Re: She just burns through the human vessel - which in her case has to be pure?
Had more or less the same reaction to Dean's comments regarding virgins. I rolled my eyes at the pink room comment and girl comments coming out of Dean's mouth - the media continues to promote negative stereotypes regarding female sexuality and how women can only become "women" if they have intercourse, which grates (I wanted to kick the writers, much the same way I've wanted to kick many many other writers who do the same thing). This show can be incredibly sexist and misogynistic at times, as are the characters. But, it is in part the genre. If you think about it - women are consistently depicted as either virgin/whore or mother/girlfriend or enemy, in these guys pov. They have no experience with women outside of those roles. Their world is all men. When women show up - they are either sexual objects, seducers, or nurturers.
And the pov is limited to Dean and Sam - two guys who have never had a long sustained relationship with a woman either as a friendship, mother/son, or sexual.
So hence the pig-behavior. They don't know how to act around or deal with women. Their main and most important relationship is with each other and their father, no one exists outside of that relationship.
Have you ever seen the film Fraility with Bill Paxton and Mathew McConaghy? Supernatural borrows heavily from it.
So, I keep in mind that the misogyny and sexism is really an example of what is so wrong with these boys. And focus on the brother relationship - which is why I watch it, I have a thing for brother relationships. LOL!