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Teen Wolf Do you consider Teen Wolf Sexist towards either gender in any way?
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Also, you can't actually be sexist towards men..
Also "You can't actually be sexist against men" That's a lot of crap right there, that's what we call double standards, what Sexism means: "discrimination or devaluation based on a person's sex or gender" hate towards a gender as a whole: Female: Misogyny, Male: Misandry. Seriously do not tell me that abuse, special treatment, harassment and sexism can only happen to one side, there is no logic in that, abuse or discrimination because of gender = Sexism. You believe that women can treat men however they want and that can't be Sexist? I'm sorry but it doesn't make any sense, it says Sexism for a reason and not Femsismn or in this case just replace the word Sexism with Misogyny.
And to be honest I did not expect this subject to get this serious, I almost wish I did not bring it up at all.
And on another note: If the show was actually discriminating and sexist towards women, why in the hell do we have powerful represented characters like; Malia, Kira, Lydia, Allison, Melissa, even less important ones like; Talia, Tracy, Jennifer, Kali and even the stupid Dessert Wolf.
Shows and movies nowadays actually does A LOT to focus on strong represented female characters, they are literally everywhere, and if you would pay attention you would even realize that there are actually often as many or more empowered physically strong badass kind of female characters. There is also a reason the term "Girl Power" have existed for a long time now, and it being used all the time to empower women and girls. This is pretty opposite than being sexist towards women. (I'm not saying it's sexist against men, when I said opposite I meant that it's far from being sexists)
To say you can't be sexist against men is ridiculous! If you discriminate, mistreat or judge someone only based on their gender, then you're being sexist, plain and simple.
Articuno: Well explained! This show has so many ways of making characters from both genders be really strong. Most of the most powerful characters are actually female, yeah Void Stiles and the Werewolves have power too, but there are far more female characters with really powerful abilities, Jennifer being a darach, who can actually beat/kill most of the characters, and even more at once. Kira; A Kitsune, who can survive electricity, can surround herself in flames. Tracy: the bitch is has the power to paralize anyone and turn into half Kanima, and she's really confident and a strong individual. All the most characters with the really powerful abilities are female (Except Void Stiles, Deucalion and the new Derek) The werewolves have power, but it's to a much lower level than all the female characters with these extreme powers.
And the show is also not sexist against men/boys because there are more male characters as a whole and the main character is male, and they are not being portrayed in a discriminating way at all either.
Neither gender is being portrayed in a discriminating way.
And, making a female character have powers or be "badass" doesn't mean JD isn't sexist! Like sarabeara said, they're mostly just used as plot devices to further a male characters development.
Arden/Kira was thrown away when her story wasn't anywhere near being done, and Arden didn't want to leave. When Colton decided to leave the show, and said there was no chance of him returning, JD decided to just write Jackson off by having him move away. Meanwhile when Crystal wanted to leave, and said she'd probably definitely want to return at some point, JD decided to kill off Allison, therefore making it so it was impossible to return (though she did for Marie-Jeanne, but that's besides the point.) Kira was thrown in basically as an Allison/Scott-love-interest replacement. Erica, killed off. Cora came in to further Derek's development and was supposed to be a love interest for Stiles but that didn't work out so they just had her "leave". The female villains (Kali, Jennifer, Kate, Corinne) were killed off, while the white male villains (Gerard, Peter, Deucalion, the Twins, Theo), survive and often receive redemption arcs.
Talia, dead. Tracy, dead. Corinne, dead. Jennifer, dead. Laura, dead. "Strong female characters" only count so much when they're all deceased.
Even the cast acknowledges that the show/JD is sexist, and to refuse to admit it is ignorant.
Call me a feminist all you want, I take that as a compliment, because, yes, I am. And it's just funny how both of you are males, so..... yeah.
You do have a point about Kira/Arden being trown out, that was fucking unacceptable! As for Allison/Crystal I heard she asked to be killed off because she was tired of acting as a teenager, when she herself were in her 30's. Was was your point with Jackson? You mean that there would be a possibility for him? I agree his story about moving to New York was stupid, he should have died when he pretty much was. But if he doesn't want to return ever, it makes no difference. Oh jesh, Kira was MUCH more than a replacement for Allison and a love interest for Scott, she was her own character with unique abilities and personality, she was developed as a CHARACTER for many Seasons, not 'just' to benefit Scott... Especially because Scott having a romance doesn't even do anything for his character. Boyd too (Ignore the other side again) Cora left and Isaac left (But ignore that fact again) You have a point with the male villains, except for Aiden dying, I was always mad about Deucalion being spared while Jennifer was killed when she was FAR more awesome and interesting, not to mention that she was actually the least evil of the two, she wanted revenge for the cruel things they did to her when she hadn't even done anything to them.
I disagree that characters only count if they're alive, they were all portrayed brilliantly, but I do agree that it was weird how so many of the female villains needed to be killed.
When did either of us say that we were a guy? But yes I am, RobbStark234 is not.
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