The title sounds like it’s going to be an MRA rant, but it’s absolutely not. Plenty of food for thought in the tropes that it calls out.

Originally shared by Traci Loudin

I love this article! It’s not perfect, and it critiques some of fandom’s most sacred films/shows, but if we are to make progress, we need to acknowledge that some of our favorite movies/shows, etc. do have their weaknesses. We all have our own blind spots regarding gender roles.

I often feel like as we’re making great strides conquering sexism against women, but the ways in which the patriarchy harms men is laughed off and ignored, sometimes even by people who believe in the equality of the genders.

From my perspective, equal doesn’t just mean “A woman should be able/allowed to do anything a man can do” but also “A man should be able/allowed to do anything a woman can do.” (Applied to the entire gender spectrum, of course.) And this cultural phenomenon that many people are deeming “toxic masculinity” or machismo is what stands in the way of true equality.

#gender   #genderequality   #feminism   #sciencefiction   #fantasy   #scifi   #sff