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[msmarvel1]

I have to say I've never liked The Top Ten Anime Babes website. Mostly for their insistence that "anti-babe" Belldandy is a whiny crybaby who never does anything (which I don't think is true). Their characterization of Yui and Miaka is also outright bizarre. Plus, some of their rants have an outright anti-feminist and anti-lesbian vibe. (I

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[sarajayechan]

Well, that page is dumb. :P

And I'm damn sick of these rabid feminists being all "She doesn't kick ass, she chooses to be a wife and mother?! SHE'S SETTING THE WOMEN'S MOVEMENT BACK! WAAAH OPRESSION ETC!".

[lyo]

... Actually, any feminist who says that is anti-feminist. Feminism =/= ALL MEN SHOULD BOW TO THE GLORY OF THE WOMAN. Feminism is the belief that men and women are equal and deserve equal support and treatment. If a woman decides to have kids and be married, that's her prerogative. A feminist would have a problem if said woman was *forced* into getting married and having children. If she chose to be a housewife and have children, more power to her. Most people can't stay at home and raise kids without going a little mad.

[dragon_faere]

Your entire justification blew me away, I couldn't have placed it better myself.

[silver_magess]

Word. That was wonderful and perfect. I hate these people who make feminist look so bad.

[rosehiptea]

I love Belldandy. She does stuff all the time; she's just not into ordering people around. And my estranged husband really loved Belldandy. I think she was his favorite anime woman ever. And he's not into weak or whiny.

Women can be strong in different ways. They don't all have to "kick ass" or whatever.

I also don't quite understand why they think "runner-up" Faye Valentine has a "trampy" attitude. Trampy outfit, I guess, trampy attitude... when? But I'm very defensive of Faye in this regard.

I mean, I know the site's just being silly, but their opinions don't make much sense to me. (But I love Yui and Miaka too...)

[slayerofgod]

These people have obviously not seen the OMG! movie.

[khym_chanur]

I think that Belldandy's character is somewhat different in the OVA series, plus it was only 5 eps, so it didn't get a chance to show her entire emotional range.

[slayerofgod]

...

You know, I'll admit to finding Mai hot, but the main reason I like her is because of her upbeat personality.

That, and her interactions with Andy are hillarious.

[rosa_aquafire]

Still, a lot of them seem to be the same type of woman. I don't know... can't women just be CHARACTERS every once in awhile?

I think that's the most important part of this, really. That's what bothers me about so many of these types of things. Sure, kickass, sexy, driven women are cool, but ... that's not ALL I want to see. That's a great quote. I just want them to be CHARACTERS.

[sarajayechan]

Hey! :3

I know what you mean. I like strong women, but I HATE the whole "if she wears a dress/likes being domestic/doesn't fight, she's a prissy little sugary housewife/damsel in distress/worthless little retard; girls who aren't Amazons with butch haircuts are opressive stereotypes and too boring" thing so much. I remember a rant on the rabidfanssuck comm ages ago by this person who basically said "the reason we have to write yaoi is because all anime women are pathetic stereotypes and the bishies are more interesting!". Pissed me off.

[avianthropy]

She's [Sailor Venus] the only one out of all of them that isn't a total clutz, a total bitch or just plain stupid (meaning no common sense).

... What?

The thing I hate about that site is that they seem unable to talk about their love for the featured characters without bashing other females from the same series.