Fandom feminism discussion (aka wankbait)!

[annwyd]

Found on fandomsecrets, like all headdesk-inducing things these days:

I love strong girls. I get pissed off when girls act like spineless whiny ninnies. Then I realize that not every girl can be as awesome as me. XD Someone's gotta be the weak useless foil that makes the good girls shine.I can't believe I never noticed this before

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[joiedecombat]

It really is the new madonna/whore, and that makes me sad, because I love rarr strong kickass tough girls and I love the girls whose strengths are emotional instead of physical... and yes, there are stupid annoying cliches, but they happen on both ends, so really.

Clearly the only solution is to nuke fandom from orbit and start over from scratch!

MURRUE FINDS YOUR IDIOT NOTIONS ABOUT FEMALE STRENGTHS ANNOYING, FANDOM.

[kumagoro_usagi]

Wow. That is indeed a special level of misogyny.

[annwyd]

To be fair, to a degree that's because our society makes it so very easy for men to hurt women without even thinking about it. But yeah. Anyone who claims that misogyny and sexism is only a male problem, or even that men are the main problem, is an idiot. The problem's a society that encourages attitudes like this in both sexes. (Which is why, while I very much believe that there is an ingrained gender structure in society that oppresses women in particular and makes life more difficult for both men as well, I hesitate to use the term 'patriarchy' to describe it.)

And the way women have to be women first and actual people/characters second? Yeah, that's pretty much the crux of the whole problem right there. :P

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[anonymous]

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