Wome Women Analysis
Unfortunately, the discussion of what a female character should be often takes away from allowing them to just be. We don’t sit around and analyze a white male character’s behavior in the way we do with female character or characters of color (unless they are expressing feminine behavior). This is partially do to the fact that we don’t need to. A discussion of what is an adaquient expression of a group of people and their personal experiences is necessary. Furthermore, making sure that everyone has the ability to resprestation free of sexism or racism or any of the other ismes that are prevalent in our soictity is an important discussion that we should be having. But, there should never be a discussion about who the character should or shouldn’t be.
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So let female characters be characters that are female. Setting up a list of how a woman should or shouldn’t behave sets us back. It creates a box for women and limations on who they can be. The the idea of a douple standar that casues so many problems for people within our society. We as an aducie should watch a movie and think “has this character had as much thought put into their delevpoment as their straight white male stars? and do they have autonomy?” If the answer is yes, then I think we’ve done the right thing. However, the discussion of details should, is many cases, be done by those it pertains to. A female writer or an actress and the female audience should discuss wither or not the fact that the Amazon Women were all beautiful and hairless is sexist, but a male creator should not. They can ask the question (“Is this sexist?” verse “This is sexist.”), but they shouldn’t answer it, because they’ve never experienced it. This doesn’t mean they can’t call out harmful behavior or that they can’t create female characters, only that they should be sure that they aren’t trying to speak above the ones who are actually being
So let female characters be characters that are female. Setting up a list of how a woman should or shouldn’t behave sets us back. It creates a box for women and limations on who they can be. The the idea of a douple standar that casues so many problems for people within our society. We as an aducie should watch a movie and think “has this character had as much thought put into their delevpoment as their straight white male stars? and do they have autonomy?” If the answer is yes, then I think we’ve done the right thing. However, the discussion of details should, is many cases, be done by those it pertains to. A female writer or an actress and the female audience should discuss wither or not the fact that the Amazon Women were all beautiful and hairless is sexist, but a male creator should not. They can ask the question (“Is this sexist?” verse “This is sexist.”), but they shouldn’t answer it, because they’ve never experienced it. This doesn’t mean they can’t call out harmful behavior or that they can’t create female characters, only that they should be sure that they aren’t trying to speak above the ones who are actually being