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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lwaxy" data-source="post: 4796046" data-attributes="member: 53286">*snip* There is some arguing among English speaking pagans about that site you posted the link for. I can't say I like it much, either, it is just not my type of thing. Anyway, I'm a bit allergic to "Wicca" by now because most of the time if time someone hears about me being pagan and they do not associate it with some book or TV show, it is assumed I mean Wicca. <img src="http://www.enworld.org/forum/images/smilies/erm.png"  class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":erm:" title="Erm    :erm:" data-shortname=":erm:" />I never said that "all" pagans would dislike this. Most would probably not care either way as they are used to all that "charmedy-girly" stuff out there by now. I keep hearing stories from the owner of the pagan shop I frequent, though, how young girls, sometimes not even teens, come in there and want to be like this or that witch in some TV show or book. Then they ask for all those "witchcraft for beginners" books written by people without any knowledge marketed as Charmed merchandise. On the forums, there's hardly a week without some Charmed-or-whatever-else fangirl coming in and ask about how to be a witch and get around doing RL stuff like homework or how she can curse her teacher or get a love charm for the boy she likes etc. Usually accompanied by "how many people did you curse/hex" and such. It is not only an inconvenience, it clearly shows how paganism is misinterpreted thanks to shows like charmed and books like Witch Girls. Then strangely, when the parents find out the girls (and the occasional boy) have been to our forums, suddenly it is OUR fault for putting something in the kid's heads... yeah right. This is of course the same for almost all shows/books being set in RL surroundings - if there would be a prominent Christian show out there, let's say an exorcist traveling and freeing people of all the demons, you could expect the kids liking the show thinking of the Catholic church being made up of exorcists and other demon-fighting  folks. As the Catholic church does exist RL,  kids will transfer over elements from make believe. Yes, in an ideal world, kids should be able to tell the difference but they are not always able to do that. Or do not want to do that because the make believe is more fun - as in Charmed. And now we even get an RPG promoting just that. Even if it is clearly just a game, I'm sure plenty of girls will try out witchcraft in a RL setting. Without having any clue. Maybe they will also feel superior to boys (many of the wannabe-witches visiting the forums do). And that does make me feel queasy. As for the sexism, it is so very obvious. Only girls are the witches. The colours suggest that this is what a "real girl" should like. The characters could all be models looking at how slender they are.</blockquote>

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