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by haywire » Mon Apr 01, 2013 1:56 am
BRONIES ARE VERY PROUD TO WATCH A SHOW THAT AIMS AT LITTLE GIRLS, AND THEY HAVE ALL THE RIGHTS TO BE. MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC IS A GOOD SHOW, BUT THERE ARE STILL ISSUES WITH IT THAT FIND THEIR ORIGIN IN THIS: LAUREN FAUST IS A FEMINIST.
SO, WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC? MISANDRY.
YOU DO NOT BELIEVE ME? WELL, LET’S SEE.
MALES ARE BEING UNDERREPRESENTED, THERE ARE NO MALE LEAD CHARACTERS IN THIS SHOW.
SPIKE IS A BABY DRAGON, NOT A PONY, PLUS HE HAS A MINOR ROLE IN THE SHOW, THUS HE CANNOT BE CONSIDERED AS A MAIN LEAD. MOREOVER, IN ONE EPISODE, HE UNDERGOES PUBERTY AND STARTS GROWING UP AS A REAL MALE DRAGON, THIS IS TREATED LIKE A DISEASE THAT MUST BE CURED AND THE FEMALE LEADS DO EVERYTHING TO TURN HIM INTO A BABY AGAIN. THIS IS SYMBOLIC OF FEMALES AND FEMINISTS INFANTILISING MEN IN ORDER TO KEEP THEM UNDER THEIR POWER, THIS IS HIGHLY MISANDRIST OF THEM TO DECIDE WHEN SPIKE SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO BE HIMSELF OR HOW HE SHOULD BE.
BIG MACINTOSH IS ANOTHER SECONDARY MALE CHARACTER IN THE SHOW. HE IS SHOWN AS A SHY YOUNG STALLION WHO LIVES IN A MATRIARCHAL FAMILY AND CAN BARELY TALK. SEE? MALES ARE REDUCED TO SILENCE IN MY LITTLE PONY.
SHINING ARMOR IS ONLY THERE SO THAT PRINCESS CADENCE CAN HAVE A BACKGROUND STORY.
YOU THINK I EXAGERATE? JUST THINK ABOUT IT, EVERY MALE CARTOON OR ANIME NOWADAYS HAS A PROMINENT FEMALE CHARACTER. TEENAGE NINJA TURTLES? THEY HAVE APRIL. CODE LYOKO? YUMI, AELITA AND SISSI. POKEMON? MISTY, MAY AND DAWN. YUGIOH? MAI AND ANZU. X-MEN? TOO MANY TO MAKE A LIST OF THEM.
YET, MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC HAS NO PROMINENT MALE CHARACTER. AND YOU DON’T HAVE ANY PROBLEM WITH THAT BECAUSE YOU BELIEVE FEMALES DESERVE REPRESENTATION BUT NOT MALE?
EQUESTRIA IS A MATRIARCHAL SOCIETY. EVERY SINGLE LEADER IN EQUESTRIA IS FEMALE AND EVERY MALE WHO TRIES TO GET POWER IS A VILLAIN.
PRINCESS CELESTIA AND PRINCESS LUNA ARE BOTH SEMI-GODDESSES QUEENS, THEY HAVE NO KNOW CLOSE RELATIVE AND ARE IMMORTAL.
PRINCESS CADENCE IS SHOWN TO BE THE NICE QUEEN WHEREAS KING SOMBRA, A MALE, IS A VILLAIN.
THE PONYVILLE MAYOR IS A FEMALE AS WELL, MALES HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN PONYVILLE BUT DO NOT SEEM TO OCCUPY ANY IMPORTANT JOB.
SPITFIRE IS THE LEADER OF THE WONDERBOLT ACADEMY EVEN THOUGH THEY COULD HAVE CHOSEN ANY OF THE MALES FOR ONCE.
THE APPLE FAMILY SEEMS TO FOLLOW THE SAME RULES. GRANNY SMITH AND APPLEJACK ARE BOTH HEADS OF THE FAMILY. BIG MACINTOSH NEVER HAS A WORD TO SAY IN THAT.
BIG SISTERS ARE SHOWN AS MORE IMPORTANT THAT FATHERS (RARITY & SWEETIE BELLE) AND BROTHERS (APPLEJACK & APPLE BLOOM).
IT’S NOT THAT BAD, YOU SAY? IT’S JUST MEANT TO SHOW YOUNG GIRLS THAT THEY CAN BE ANYTHING THEY WANT? BUT WHAT ABOUT YOUNG BOYS WHO ARE NOT SHOWS THAT THEY CAN BE ANYTHING THEY WANT? THAT THEY MUST EITHER BE STEREOTYPICAL MEN (AND THUS, THEY’LL BE “VILLAIN”) OR UNDER THE WING OF FEMALES?
MALE VILLAINS HAVE WORSE MOTIVES THAT FEMALE VILLAINS.
DISCORD ONLY WISHED TO DESTROY HARMONY FOR FUN.
KING SOMBRA WANTED POWER BUT DID NOT CARE ABOUT HIS PEOPLE.
NIGHTMARE MOON REALLY WAS LUNA AND DESERVED PARDON.
QUEEN CHRYSALIS WAS TREATED AS A THREAT, BUT SHE WAS NOT THAT BAD CONSIDERING THAT SHE WAS TRYING TO FEED HER PEOPLE.
THERE, CAN YOU SEE IT? MISANDRY. MALES ARE SEEN AS A THREAT, THEY DESERVE NO PARDON, NO MERCY, THEY CANNOT BE HEARD AND HAVE NO POSITIVE MOTIVES, THEY RUIN A PERFECT MATRIARCHAL SOCIETY.
DESPITE ITS POPULARITY AMONG MALES, MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC IS ONE OF THE MOST SUBTLY MISANDRIC SHOW I HAVE SEEN. SURE, IT IS NOT AS BLATANTLY OBVIOUS AS MAGICAL GIRL ANIMES IN WHICH THERE ARE BASICALLY NO MALE AT ALL, BUT IT TEACHES WOMEN THAT MEN ARE BAD AND MUST BE RULED OR KEPT AS CHILDREN IF THEY WANT TO KEEP THEIR POWER.
IT DOES NOT TEACH EQUALITY.
IT DOES NOT TEACH FEMALE LEGITIMATE EMPOWERMENT.
IT TEACHES FEMINISM, FEMALE SUPERIORITY AND MATRIARCHY.