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sigyn_halja) wrote2014-10-19 06:36 pm
sigyn_halja) wrote2014-10-19 06:36 pm
Totally Legit Biological Differences, I Swear!
What they say: " Strong women written by men are just men with boobs! Women are observant and introspective, they don't just smash everything!"
What they mean: "Women are passive and prefer thinking to acting. Women aren't violent or able to do violent actions, women are gentle and kind. The only type of fighting women are able to do is sneaky, catty, passive-aggressive verbal fighting. Women are subtle and artistic and spiritual and possibly unearthly, never pragmatic or straightforward.And everybody knows women are bad at Maths and at changing tyres. But the're really really good at identifying different shades of the same colour, honestly."
What they say: "Men written by women are too introspective and focused on details. Men see the bigger picture, they act quickly and don't get lost in their thoughts like that. Men don't dwell on their feelings, they're straightforward and direct and they get over things."
What they mean: "Whoever doesn't fit my ideal of strong, bold, stoic, bordering-on-unfeeling masculinity is a sissy crybaby who should just man up and stop thinking like one of these stupid oversensitive little girls.Also, men are completely unaware of their surroundings and the context they're moving in unless my male character needs to see a threat coming from a mile away to look cool."
What they come across as saying: "Men and women are inherently different. It's not that society teaches us to expect different things from men and women and see certain things as masculine or feminine characteristics, it's just that we're destined to be that way right at birth because of our genitalia. Only my way of seeing masculinity or femininity is right."
You know what I'd like to see? People who say this kind of things being forced to write genderqueer and non-binary characters.
It'd be SO good watching them go crazy like "OMG NO! WHERE'S MY HANDY GUIDE TO GENDER ROLES AND STEREOTYPES??? HOW DO I DO HUMAN BEINGS WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY OBVS MUST ACT LIKE!!!!!1111"
What they mean: "Women are passive and prefer thinking to acting. Women aren't violent or able to do violent actions, women are gentle and kind. The only type of fighting women are able to do is sneaky, catty, passive-aggressive verbal fighting. Women are subtle and artistic and spiritual and possibly unearthly, never pragmatic or straightforward.
What they say: "Men written by women are too introspective and focused on details. Men see the bigger picture, they act quickly and don't get lost in their thoughts like that. Men don't dwell on their feelings, they're straightforward and direct and they get over things."
What they mean: "Whoever doesn't fit my ideal of strong, bold, stoic, bordering-on-unfeeling masculinity is a sissy crybaby who should just man up and stop thinking like one of these stupid oversensitive little girls.
What they come across as saying: "Men and women are inherently different. It's not that society teaches us to expect different things from men and women and see certain things as masculine or feminine characteristics, it's just that we're destined to be that way right at birth because of our genitalia. Only my way of seeing masculinity or femininity is right."
You know what I'd like to see? People who say this kind of things being forced to write genderqueer and non-binary characters.
It'd be SO good watching them go crazy like "OMG NO! WHERE'S MY HANDY GUIDE TO GENDER ROLES AND STEREOTYPES??? HOW DO I DO HUMAN BEINGS WHEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY OBVS MUST ACT LIKE!!!!!1111"