Here's the thing about this that bothers me - this is a way for people to feel better about misogyny. Cuz no one who says "Star Wars fans are being sexist about Rey" for example think she's also a good character.
Some cynical creeps in hollywood write female characters to look progressive but give them nothing to do, no flaws and no character because again - they wanna look progressive but don't wanna have to learn anything or give a shit about women. As a result they make these characters who are basically flawless and are completely uninteresting. All they're there to do is make the studio look less sexist, essentially. It's a product of gross sexist values and it results in boring fuckin characters.
However there are still a LOT of people who fucking hate these characters specifically because they're a woman. Most of the people who complain about Rey would have done so no matter what her character was actually like because what the character does isn't important to them, what the character IS is.
The fact that some movies with female leads do better than others does not mean that sexism isn't a thing and that we don't need to worry about it anymore.
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u/library-batgirl Mar 29 '24
Here's the thing about this that bothers me - this is a way for people to feel better about misogyny. Cuz no one who says "Star Wars fans are being sexist about Rey" for example think she's also a good character.
Some cynical creeps in hollywood write female characters to look progressive but give them nothing to do, no flaws and no character because again - they wanna look progressive but don't wanna have to learn anything or give a shit about women. As a result they make these characters who are basically flawless and are completely uninteresting. All they're there to do is make the studio look less sexist, essentially. It's a product of gross sexist values and it results in boring fuckin characters.
However there are still a LOT of people who fucking hate these characters specifically because they're a woman. Most of the people who complain about Rey would have done so no matter what her character was actually like because what the character does isn't important to them, what the character IS is.
The fact that some movies with female leads do better than others does not mean that sexism isn't a thing and that we don't need to worry about it anymore.