[ SECRET POST #589 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #589 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 25 pages, 619 secrets from Secret Submission Post #085.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 - not!secrets ], [ 1 2 3 4 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 3 4 5 - too big ], [ 1 2 3 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ], [ 1 - take it to comments ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[sarolynne.livejournal.com]

Do you think about what you type before you type it? Seriously. I realize very much that fictional characters aren't real, but if you can't relate to a fictional character on the grounds of her gender, that indicates a real world issue. Reread what you wrote before. You said that maybe the male reader couldn't relate to a female character because of her gender, and because she wasn't real, didn't see her as a potential romantic interest. Got that? You didn't say that he couldn't work up an interest in her just because she wasn't real, you said that she wasn't real, ergo not a potential romantic/sexual interest, ergo not of any relevant interest at all because he can't get over the fact that she had different socialization and anatomy.

If a man doesn't like, or have an interest in, many female characters because he can't sympathize with them for actual reasons of personality. Maybe because women are more likely to be portrayed as jealous, or having bipolar levels of hot/cold responses, and he wouldn't be able to relate to a male character with the same characterization, I can respect that. On the other hand, if he would like them, then he's a sexist at best, and a flaming misogynist at worst.

Now, it is possible that this is just an unfortunate case of poor word choice. In which case... I'm still failing to see your point. Fictional men aren't real either, and somehow, he got over it.

Perhaps they are worth the effort on the grounds of shared anatomy, hm?

And yes, thank you, I have talked to a number of real, live, actual straight men. And I'd thank you not to be projecting this kind of douchebaggery on them, because some of them were perfectly capable of relating to women as fellow human beings. Neither gender nor orientation excuse a total lack of empathy, believe it or not.