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<blockquote data-quote="TanithT" data-source="post: 5949832" data-attributes="member: 87695"><p>Because females have an equal right to be the protagonists in any genre?</p><p></p><p></p><p>You make many very good points, but this is actually one I disagree with. I like telling human stories that aren't automatically gendered ones, and when a story can be told that matters and has the same heroic impact whether the protagonist is male or female, I tend to like it a lot better. Because it is the strength, nobility, heroism and humanity that matters in the plot, not whether the main character has an innie or an outie.</p><p></p><p>Basically I like it when women are able to do the same things as men, and when gender matters less than ability and personal fortitude.</p><p></p><p>Learning to fight in the SCA and in the dojo was sometimes more difficult for me, because male opponents would refuse to hit me or refuse to hit me as hard as they should. It got to the point that I had to take the sifu aside and ask to please not be assigned any more sparring partners from the class, it was totally useless and I wasn't learning anything that way, would the teachers mind just using me as their practice dummy and <strong>not pulling their blows </strong>any more than was appropriate for a male student in a full contact sparring session. </p><p></p><p>The "oh, we just shouldn't hit women under any circumstances" attitude can be pretty limiting and damaging to women, IMO. I didn't pay that much for lessons so I could get less out of them than a male student. And it was annoying as ^%$$@ to sit out SCA fighter practices thanks to guys who refused to spar with me because they wouldn't hit a woman. Or guys who did a deliberately crappy job sparring with me while doing just fine with male partners. </p><p></p><p>As far as my own experience goes, that felt a lot more like discrimination than the guys who cheerfully waded in and hit me as hard as they were bloody well supposed to. </p><p></p><p></p><p>Correct, and that <em>also</em> has a negative, discriminatory impact on women who actually want to fight.</p><p></p><p>Annoyingly complicated issue, ain't it?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TanithT, post: 5949832, member: 87695"] Because females have an equal right to be the protagonists in any genre? You make many very good points, but this is actually one I disagree with. I like telling human stories that aren't automatically gendered ones, and when a story can be told that matters and has the same heroic impact whether the protagonist is male or female, I tend to like it a lot better. Because it is the strength, nobility, heroism and humanity that matters in the plot, not whether the main character has an innie or an outie. Basically I like it when women are able to do the same things as men, and when gender matters less than ability and personal fortitude. Learning to fight in the SCA and in the dojo was sometimes more difficult for me, because male opponents would refuse to hit me or refuse to hit me as hard as they should. It got to the point that I had to take the sifu aside and ask to please not be assigned any more sparring partners from the class, it was totally useless and I wasn't learning anything that way, would the teachers mind just using me as their practice dummy and [B]not pulling their blows [/B]any more than was appropriate for a male student in a full contact sparring session. The "oh, we just shouldn't hit women under any circumstances" attitude can be pretty limiting and damaging to women, IMO. I didn't pay that much for lessons so I could get less out of them than a male student. And it was annoying as ^%$$@ to sit out SCA fighter practices thanks to guys who refused to spar with me because they wouldn't hit a woman. Or guys who did a deliberately crappy job sparring with me while doing just fine with male partners. As far as my own experience goes, that felt a lot more like discrimination than the guys who cheerfully waded in and hit me as hard as they were bloody well supposed to. Correct, and that [I]also[/I] has a negative, discriminatory impact on women who actually want to fight. Annoyingly complicated issue, ain't it? [/QUOTE]
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