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fandomsecrets2012-10-07 03:42 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2012-10-07 03:42 pm
[ SECRET POST #2105 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2105 ⌋
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(Anonymous) 2012-10-07 11:27 pm (UTC)(link)A Beauty/Beast dichotomy between a same sex couple/pairing is not going have the same issues. What makes Beauty and the Beast trope sexist is that there is an expectation of girls should stick to their guy who makes how he looks and/or acts because there is a reward for them if they persevere and getting caught up in looks is very superficial. Especially when the fairytale was written for girls to make them accept their lot in life with the man her family chose for her with no complaints.
Nevermind that this will never apply to men because men are caught to aim above their station when it comes to women (and the numerous amount of male-orientated media where the less-attractive guy always get the beautiful girl reinforces that), while women are that they shouldn't be so picky and lower their expectations (and are often awarded with true love in media doing so).
But a Beauty and the Beast between same sex erases a lot of that, even if the writer shoehorns heteronormativity into it, it won't be as bad as if it was with Female Beauty and the Male Beast (and that heteronormativity is something you can avoid as well).
I discovered myself that I like a few originally problematic tropes when it's gender role switched or same sex for that reason. There's nothing sexist about flipping a normally sexist trope on its head.
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(Anonymous) 2012-10-07 11:40 pm (UTC)(link)