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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Deset Gled" data-source="post: 9198515" data-attributes="member: 7808">This is a real problem.  There are definitely people who get upset when movies don't have a male protagonist.  And there's a racial aspect to it, too.  There are people who get upset when a movie doesn't have a relatable white character.  And it's not just white males that have this problem.  There are definitely cases where women prefer to watch a male lead, etc, etc.But, if you'll follow me or a minute, this isn't just about sexism, or racism, or even about movies.  How many threads on this very forum, at this very moment, boil down the the fact that a lot of TTPRG players take it very, very personally if a change to D&D doesn't promote their preferred play style?  It's a fundamental problem that people want what is popular to cater specifically to them, and they want their opinion/lifestyle/resemblance to be popular.  It's most obvious when it's blatantly discriminatory to protected classes, but it's pervasive to so many more aspects of culture.</blockquote>