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Double standard within fandom: Hating on Female Characters

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 8:21 am


This has been driving me nuts.

Korra has been getting the brunt of this treatment since LoK started airing. I'm honestly a little disgusted by the amount of hate she has gotten for being "bitchy." It's not only inaccurate, but a high gendered way of disregarding her as a character for having traits that are traditionally applauded in men.

It's completely absurd. If Korra were a male character, no one would call HIM "bitchy" for being assertive, confident and empowered.

And can you imagine if Mako and Bolin were female characters? Mako would be a "stuck up b***h" and Bolin would be a "dumb slut."

The way that female characters are treated by fandom is disgusting, and the double standard is stagering. And it's especially insane since Bryke is SO GOOD about writing likable, empowered, interesting, fully fleshed out, varied female characters. Some series have legitly shitty writers who "Can't write women" to save their lives, and a lot of the complaints against those female characters are understandable.
But Avatar/Korra is not one of those series. At all.

It makes me afraid for when Asami joins the group.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:45 am


You... make some excellent points.

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:47 am


Queen Elegance
You... make some excellent points.


XD Thanks. I'm an English major, and I try to be a conscious consumer of media as much as I can.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 9:57 am


Yes... it's mainly dumb teenagers who do not understand the transition between Avatars, and other stuff...

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 10:44 am


the world filled with different kind of people so i'm kinda just go with the flow of a person.

just enjoy everything with the way they are, like water suits me the most

the element of change
PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:40 pm


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the world filled with different kind of people so i'm kinda just go with the flow of a person.

just enjoy everything with the way they are, like water suits me the most

the element of change


Same with me emotion_brofist

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PostPosted: Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:42 pm


Im glad your spreading this. This is the 3rd time ive seen you today! XD
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