Female protagonist? What do you think?

[Khuutra]

I_hate_Itagaki said:

Khuutra said:

Have we gotten to the point where you're not willing to mount an argument anymore? Why not? I want to get to the root of why you think gender representation has to be not equal but identical in order to avoid sexism. As someone who takes gender relations and depictions in media fairly serious, the idea seems counterproductive, especially since identical representation results in everyone being either men or men who have boobs.

I don't care. Arguing with you is pointless. It's like talking to a wall. Identical? Well in a world with dragons and magic, that would be nice. You know, a girl fighting with a sword with equal strength as her male counterpart (Dont forget the magic world). It would be illogical? Think twice. Fallout devellopers didnt even put differences between sexes in a realistic world. Also, the part about men with boobs is just stupid, it's a game man, a game!

There are several other people in this topic you ocould reply to; you choose to reply to me, for whatever reason, so either you don't think arguing with me is pointless or you like beating your head against that world.

And no, identical portrayals between men and women is not progressive, not in a world that's based around a strategy game scenario. It's one thingn to take an individual and say "she's as strong as any man", that's fine - as said before, Mia is the best swordmaster in FE10 based on raw stats and stat growths and availability - but it's another entirely to say that all men and all women should be exactly alike. Trying to pretend that there are no differences between men and women is firstly narrowing the possibilities of what you can do in a strategy game and secondly it's disingenuous.

You are not being mindful of proper depictions of femininity. You are not behaving like a feminist. You're saying that the feminine perspective can safely be ignored, which is sexist in and of itself.