We can't strip women out of the story they're in - they have to be tough and strong and wonderful and not stop being women. We need them as female role models, to know that we can do absolutely anything, even if they are flawed (because, who isn't?). Gender should not be attached to a series of traits that can automatically stereotype a character as 'the girl', but you can't look at a character and completely ignore if they are male or female (fine, in some sci-fi cases they are neither, but - you know).
Of course gender matters. It's not all we are, of course, just a gender. But why does it have to be put out of the equation if it's an important part to who we are? Also - romance fic is so popular because most of the time it's 'the part we are not getting' in those shows, and we want it. Maybe it's even the only element we lack to make the story perfect.
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We can't strip women out of the story they're in - they have to be tough and strong and wonderful and not stop being women. We need them as female role models, to know that we can do absolutely anything, even if they are flawed (because, who isn't?). Gender should not be attached to a series of traits that can automatically stereotype a character as 'the girl', but you can't look at a character and completely ignore if they are male or female (fine, in some sci-fi cases they are neither, but - you know).
Of course gender matters. It's not all we are, of course, just a gender. But why does it have to be put out of the equation if it's an important part to who we are?
Also - romance fic is so popular because most of the time it's 'the part we are not getting' in those shows, and we want it. Maybe it's even the only element we lack to make the story perfect.And I probably didn't make much sense. XD