Just thought I'd get this off my chest...
May. 8th, 2013 05:38 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
redwoodalchan You know, one thing that bugs me a bit is the idea that any woman (real or fictional) who wears any sort of sexy outfit whatsoever is supposed to be taken as evidence that the media promoting her is demeaning to women. Like, I get that the sexualization and sexual exploitation of women is a serious issue, but judging by some of the commentary I've seen floating around, I'm apparently supposed to view any woman who is shown to be sexy in any context for any length of time as shallow fanservice for the male audience, regardless of whether or not I see more in her.
Additionally, tropes like ditzy girls, dead little sisters, women looking for love, and mothers who die in childbirth are the symptoms, not the disease. They're problematic because they're done ridiculously often and tend to be handled in a way that demeans women, but that doesn't mean that every single source that uses any one them is misogynistic.
Additionally, tropes like ditzy girls, dead little sisters, women looking for love, and mothers who die in childbirth are the symptoms, not the disease. They're problematic because they're done ridiculously often and tend to be handled in a way that demeans women, but that doesn't mean that every single source that uses any one them is misogynistic.
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Date: 2013-05-08 10:18 pm (UTC)*heartily applauds*
Date: 2013-05-11 07:41 pm (UTC)and the local crop of internet feminists is bisexual today, in which case it's ~empowering~ and ~sexy~. And then we go right back to the other route."They're problematic because they're done ridiculously often and tend to be handled in a way that demeans women, but that doesn't mean that every single source that uses any one them is misogynistic."
Ditzy girls? Seriously? Er, apparently my existence was misogynistic when I was a kid. And... only men need help getting dates, according to Internet Feminism? O_o
Re: *heartily applauds*
Date: 2013-05-11 08:54 pm (UTC)Well, I had a friend once try to argue that "Baccano!" and "Durarara!!" are misogynistic because they feature a couple of powerful women who end up with crazy men (never mind that the women were crazy themselves), on the grounds that they promoted the idea that a woman is only supposed to be happy with a man in her life (never mind that there ARE women in "Baccano!" and "Durarara!!" who don't end up with men, or that women in both those shows tend to be extremely independent and capable).