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#direct and one-to-one evaluation of stories or characters that allow you to exercise those biased ideas. then that reinforces those biases
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"This show is SO good, you should watch it!!"
I gotta be honest. If I look at a character list on Wikipedia and get five characters down without seeing a single woman, it's probably not for me.
#I have no patience for 'there is exactly one woman in the main/supporting cast' anymore
#unless the writing is INCREDIBLE and the themes are explored with a type of depth and nuance I can't get anywhere else (like shiki)
#(daily media plug for shiki)
#then I just. probably will not vibe with it. if there are no women. (also shiki DOES have interesting female characters in it)
#and this isn't to say that like. things involving men or talking about men or that have a male protagonist are Not Worth
#My Time that is NOT what I'm saying at all. I just want like. several women. who show up and affect the story. like LITERALLY that is all I
#am asking for. I feel like that's just. the bare minimum. but alas.
#mel screams about fictional ladies again
#there are plenty of things that are male-character-focused that I enjoy and even genuinely think are good! but I do want people to
#ask themselves why they aren't willing to go to bat for media that DOES have more women in the cast than men.
#(I mean. the answer is misogyny. but I want people to be. aware of that. and evaluate accordingly)
#(evaluate meaning 'acknowledge I have some biases I need to continue deconstructing' not 'drop interest in everything tumblr
#user musical-chick-13 personally doesn't like')
#I feel like so many times we get trapped in this space between overcorrection via 'don't like ANYTHING that's pRoBLeMaTiC in ANY way'
#and people taking the 'it's fiction it's not that deep' to the conclusion of 'because I cannot actually hurt fictional characters because
#they're not real that means I am incapable of hurting irl people when they talk about those characters'
#like there is. nuance here. there is a middle ground. and most people have NO interest in finding it lmao
#and like...if you carry your biases from irl (which EVERYONE HAS. INCLUDING ME. COURTESY OF LIVING IN A PREJUDICED SOCIETY.) into a
#direct and one-to-one evaluation of stories or characters that allow you to exercise those biased ideas. then that reinforces those biases
#like. no hating...for example every anime lady isn't the same as structural misogyny like the pay gap or anti-women violence
#but if you automatically associate the idea of 'female character' with 'lesser-than' it strengthens the already-present societal idea that
#women are not as important or dynamic or worthy of support and attention as their male peers. if you are willing to see every (white)
#fictional man as having interiority and depth but struggle to see that in any fictional woman then it adds to the things society is already
#telling us about women. it creates an association of 'women' with 'inferiority' and uh. that's what misogyny is.
#it is not the same as misogynistic crimes against irl women but it IS a reflection of the rhetoric and societal impulses that lead to them
#and even if it's a reflection and not the actual thing. it's still important to break down and examine and reevaluate because
#if we don't examine our OWN biases. then even if we tear down the greater oppressive structure we'll just end up building it back up again
#no your thousands of words of m/m fanfiction or liking late 2000s shonen anime isn't responsible for misogyny nor are these things
#inherently misogynistic. I just want like. some acknowledgement that something being 'for fun' doesn't automatically mean that bias/
#prejudice is nowhere to be found
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