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fandomsecrets2009-02-25 05:17 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2009-02-25 05:17 pm
[ SECRET POST #782 ]
⌈ Secret Post #782 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Secrets Left to Post: 07 pages, 165 secrets from Secret Submission Post #112.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 3 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 1 2 - too big ], [ 1 2 3 - repeat ].
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Re: #103
And I also think there is a point, where while slash is rebelling against sexism in most texts it also reinforces said sexism and creates a bit of its own shades as well. Its like a double edged sword, while you get rid of the sexism that may be inherent in the female character in the text, you bring it in with the idea that the answer is to exclude them all together. The idea that men are intrinsically more interesting because they are considered the default and that their bonds are somehow more stronger or powerful then any bonds that women may forge is deeply troubling to me.
As I am not heterosexual and do not really desire men (which, I should say lesbian slashers don't tend to write slash because they desire men, so the slash community isn't all that uniform in its motivations), and unlike a lot of fandom, I have a much harder time warming up to male characters then to female characters.
I think because of this my response to sexism in the text in regard to female characters is different from yours, (which isn't to say yours is wrong), but when I don't like how a narrative treats its female characters my response is either a) drop the series entirely and never look back or b) explore female characters through fandom, whether it be in a gen, het, or femslash way. But then for me, even if the female character is marked as woman first, I don't necessarily mean that strips that character to be uninteresting or even flat. It depends on the canon really.
What I do question about the "female-disliking as a rule" part of fandom is basing the criticism on the character due to their femaleness and just that, because I can't understand the idea that just being a woman in a text is enough to make the character wholly unlikable.