redwoodalchan: Silly Drifloon from "Red Sun" fic (0)
redwoodalchan ([personal profile] redwoodalchan) wrote in [personal profile] shamanicshaymin 2013-06-26 02:47 am (UTC)

Based on my own experience, a lot of internalized sexism is so pervasive that the women who write like this may not even be aware of it. Case in point: I've corresponded with the author of a Pokemon Lifetime-rape-fic that I'll be sporking in a little while. When I pointed out the blatant sexism in her story she claimed she had no idea how sexist it was, that she wasn't even thinking of it in those terms. What I found suspicious is that she claimed it was okay to write Dawn as a docile sex slave because she was passive and submissive in canon, something which isn't true because Dawn is a player character and has no innate personality.

The moral of the story, I guess, is that women having the same "rights" as men is only part of the battle. Earning equal rights and being treated truly equally are actually two separate things, if you think about it.

It is a shame about Weepingcock. The last two entries didn't seem to even bother explaining what was supposed to be funny about the works--all they did was link to internet video reviews. Maybe I should complain to the mods....

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