I read it, not the OP, and I don't think its sexist. I think OP has a point about Shive mucking things up when he talks. He does commentary on every strip, and I never read it, it never adds to it. I like the strip, but I do complain that he is unwilling to have his characters take consequences. It can be very frustrating at times.
I don't think its particularly sexist, and I'm usually pretty attuned to that. He has roughly equal numbers of male and female characters, they all talk to each other, they all have interests outside of luuuv, each does have flaws. He deals pretty well with issues like feminism, homosexuality, etc. He does deal with genderswapping, which changes the behavior of characters who got themselves temporarily genderswapped. I'd argue, and one of the characters argues, that the personality differences are due to the mind reacting to the circumstances, rather than the body itself. (Much like believing one is drunk may make one act differently, even when you are not particularly drunk.)
I enjoy it, its not perfect, I'm not looking forward to a resolution of a storyline that's going on right now because Susan is too good for Elliot, who is super boring.
I'd only give it a half-hearted recommendation, but its not because I think its sexist.
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I don't think its particularly sexist, and I'm usually pretty attuned to that. He has roughly equal numbers of male and female characters, they all talk to each other, they all have interests outside of luuuv, each does have flaws. He deals pretty well with issues like feminism, homosexuality, etc. He does deal with genderswapping, which changes the behavior of characters who got themselves temporarily genderswapped. I'd argue, and one of the characters argues, that the personality differences are due to the mind reacting to the circumstances, rather than the body itself. (Much like believing one is drunk may make one act differently, even when you are not particularly drunk.)
I enjoy it, its not perfect, I'm not looking forward to a resolution of a storyline that's going on right now because Susan is too good for Elliot, who is super boring.
I'd only give it a half-hearted recommendation, but its not because I think its sexist.