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Originally Posted by IndigoErth
Fair point.
Though if they're raising bad kids, well he did half that work to make them that way so... ah well!
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So, you deal with THAT individual. You address that scenario. Wasn't the lesson of equality to have prejudice? I could have sworn it was the central tenet of the push for civil/equal rights.
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Originally Posted by IndigoErth
Eh... Until male characters spend most of the time being that one token guy in the majority of cartoons, movies, etc, nearly always outnumbered, and this is the default norm and seen by everyone as entertainment for everyone and enjoyed by everyone, not regarded as being "just for women" (or people of color, etc), then no, I have to disagree.
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I mean, sure, it was imbalanced before, in the sense that these shows are actually only long form commercials, created to help sell a piece of plastic with a face.
They absolutely wrote shows for boys toys, and shows for girls toys. boys center around combat, girls, around hairplay. They did not address the potential inverse, and definitely fed into gender norms. absolutely. The question is, was it INTENTIONAL from the point of view that, there were some evil men in suits sitting in dark rooms planning all of this? OR is this a case of, "will that sell?" and then finding out "nope, that does not sell." which was the case with April. It was just a fact. People didn't buy the girl toys in boy lines, they were perennial peg warmers.
I don't think many people foresaw the future as it is today, which despite how some women may feel now, It certainly wasn't echoed 30 years ago.
Men have been the head of the home for centuries, so naturally, to bring in equality, it took time, but to be fair, the transition has been swift, and the world today is vastly different than it was even 15 years ago.
I don't agree that it's mainly boys right now. As I look at the landscape of entertainment, it absolutely is not male centric, in any respect. The Future is Female is really the Present is Female. Job posts actually state outright that men shouldn't apply.
So, yeah, I agree it was that way, but today? Women are front and center, and there is plenty for them to revel in.