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(03-18-2015, 09:01 PM)Graeham Ridgefield Wrote: No, it isn't.ÂThis is part of the problem, and this whole post is really indicative of it.
I feel as though a lot of people don't actually understand what sexism actually is and so they try desperately to be pseudo-intellectuals and think far too deeply on things that most normal people wouldn't bat an eyelid at.
The term 'Gary Stu' has been floating around for years if people want a male counterpart to use to prevent breaking down over the awful, awful 'patriarchy of society' or whatever else a very vocal portion of society are screaming about these days.
I really can't stress enough how irritated I am that even fictional characters are being subjected to the increasingly bizarre 'sexism' debate. It's a pretty slippery slope and serves only to stifle creativity.
I mean, the question itself is ignorant at best and only helps to serve as fuel for posts like the above where people question if sexism is even a thing because people keep bringing up trivial shit that is really not even debatably sexist. And then I have to resist the urge to go on a long, LONG tirade about all the things that definitely prove that yes, sexism is a thing and it still exists and it's still worth fighting even if there are a bunch of annoying little idiots who try to fight it in all the wrong places, but I don't even know where to start because we're beginning from a really bad position and it's already an uphill battle even without that kind of disadvantage....
But okay. Just... for the record. Of course fictional characters can be sexist and indicative of sexist tropes and creators. How is that even up for debate? It blows my friggin' mind that this is still even questioned. Grumble, grumble, mutter, mutter.
I expect better from the RP community, but clearly my standards are too damn high. And this despite the literacy rate here being far, far higher than most other corners of the Internet.
I don't even know where to begin. I just... I can't. I can't.