If that is so, then god(dess) help the teenys and the world they're about to inherit from the generation of women before them. It is a NEGATIVE effect that young women were given such a balanced view of women's roles that it disturbs them when they feel female characters are being marginalized, as they so often are in traditional myth?
No, that's not what I'm saying. As a female myself, I certainly feel angered when female characters are marginalized. But that doesn't mean I want them emphasized to the point of negating the males. That just reverses the problem, IMO.
just makes me absolutely THRILLED that those younger women dismissed as "teenys" take MoA so seriously that they will fight to defend those female characters, even if they're misguided about the historical context. Your statement above is one of the saddest things I have ever read. Why, as a woman, would you be interested in a mythology in which the women are so intolerable that you don't even relate to them as such?
I don't think you read what I said in the way I meant it. I'll try to explain myself more clearly. It's not that I'm so interested the mythology made up of intolerable women. Honestly, I rarely relate to female characters in *any* fictional setting. That's not because I don't like other females, but because the female characters I come across in literature don't seem to share many, if any, characteristics I myself possess. For good or bad, I relate better to men, and always have. It seems that every time I come across a strong female character in a book or other media venue, either the story ends up focusing on some sort of romance; or her strength and lack of frills is explained by making her a lesbian (not that that's bad, but I'm not, so I can't really relate). One might call that sad, but from my pov I'm just frustrated at not being represented.
To sum up, I suppose if I can't read about women to whom I can relate, I'd rather read about the men to whom I can.
There are a few exceptions. To name one, I very much like the character of Rebecca Fogg (seen in this icon) from The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. She's a strong character who isn't defined by the men around her. The fact that she's a redhead just cements my esteem for her :)
This really has been an interesting discussion. You have made me think, and reflect, and for that I thank you.
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No, that's not what I'm saying. As a female myself, I certainly feel angered when female characters are marginalized. But that doesn't mean I want them emphasized to the point of negating the males. That just reverses the problem, IMO.
just makes me absolutely THRILLED that those younger women dismissed as "teenys" take MoA so seriously that they will fight to defend those female characters, even if they're misguided about the historical context. Your statement above is one of the saddest things I have ever read. Why, as a woman, would you be interested in a mythology in which the women are so intolerable that you don't even relate to them as such?
I don't think you read what I said in the way I meant it. I'll try to explain myself more clearly. It's not that I'm so interested the mythology made up of intolerable women. Honestly, I rarely relate to female characters in *any* fictional setting. That's not because I don't like other females, but because the female characters I come across in literature don't seem to share many, if any, characteristics I myself possess. For good or bad, I relate better to men, and always have. It seems that every time I come across a strong female character in a book or other media venue, either the story ends up focusing on some sort of romance; or her strength and lack of frills is explained by making her a lesbian (not that that's bad, but I'm not, so I can't really relate). One might call that sad, but from my pov I'm just frustrated at not being represented.
To sum up, I suppose if I can't read about women to whom I can relate, I'd rather read about the men to whom I can.
There are a few exceptions. To name one, I very much like the character of Rebecca Fogg (seen in this icon) from The Secret Adventures of Jules Verne. She's a strong character who isn't defined by the men around her. The fact that she's a redhead just cements my esteem for her :)
This really has been an interesting discussion. You have made me think, and reflect, and for that I thank you.