And the way to combat that kind of misogyny in media and the misogyny that does exist in all fandoms, is to bash an entire genre. I read the post that pushed you over the edge on this one, and that person has a serious case of having all the answers.
I could write a list of the reasons why I tend not to write women characters even as minor OCs, and I think I could get to 100 easy before I got to internalized misogyny.
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Date: 2009-06-26 06:27 pm (UTC)And the way to combat that kind of misogyny in media and the misogyny that does exist in all fandoms, is to bash an entire genre. I read the post that pushed you over the edge on this one, and that person has a serious case of having all the answers.
I could write a list of the reasons why I tend not to write women characters even as minor OCs, and I think I could get to 100 easy before I got to internalized misogyny.