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Chicks On Anime - Raining Men

For some reason, it seemed like Chicks On Anime went off topic. I thought they were going to talk abot reverse-harem shows in general, not the different types and which ones they like.
And yes, I think dressing men up as women is degrading. Why would someone want to dress a man up as a woman ? Sick.

I'm a woman, and I agree with you. I hate how men can be portrayed in "reverse harem" shows, just like how I hate how women are portrayed in harem shows. Like I said earlier, dressing a man in women's clothes is degrading toward men, and anyone who thinks that it's okay is sick. I also think it is degrading when the women walk around half naked.

I'm not suggesting the protagonists themselves are the ones that don't want to choose because they enjoy the situation they are in, but the audience that watches them

If I find a portrayal annoying, I don't watch the stupid show. If a serious drama like GitS is sexist, there's a problem. I don't worry about Luffy or Zoro. They're big characters. They can take care of themselves.

...Harems are great fun, but at some point you need to move on, even if that means other people will get their feelings hurt in the process.

While I agree with you on principle, and I myself find it annoying when there is no relationship resolution; I don't think that's generally the point of the shows. One of the main factors of these harem shows is fantasy fulfillment. You fulfill the fantasy by providing what can't normally be had in reality. I feel your sentiments are really only valid if you're talking about real life.

Then you can't open your eyes and see the world, a fiction should be taken more seriously than what you think it is, as in most cases they are showing you and the world you live in.

So if we take a harem series as the lead being a reflection of the modern anime fandom, they must not have a high opinion of us, as they portray us as overly-protective, self-centered and unmotivated.

Quote:

Sara: I love how "I want to be surrounded by a slew of men who are all vaguely attracted to each other!" seems to be a thing. Bamboo: Right? I guess that makes them less sexually threatening or something.

Nonono. Fanservice. Men making doe-eyes at each other is the girl-audience equivalent of panty shots.

While I agree with you on principle, and I myself find it annoying when there is no relationship resolution; I don't think that's generally the point of the shows. One of the main factors of these harem shows is fantasy fulfillment. You fulfill the fantasy by providing what can't normally be had in reality. I feel your sentiments are really only valid if you're talking about real life.

Where I'm at right now analyzing everything is my escape, so philosophically you have experienced a lot but it's what you do with not the what's that matter, so calling upon age really doesn't mean anything on it's own merit. so sorry if that sounded cruel.

Now my concern is is that you might not have seen the shifts in the fiction, what I referenced was the comedy-side of the equation but it to is changing and fading, moving to drama. That to changes things as what if we aren't supposed to laugh? What does that mean? And more importantly why is the story being repeated? Must be something important if your wanting people to remember it, right?

Although your response is confusing when it came to strong women and politics are interesting although with Buffy I think you missed something, Buffy views the world in terms of Good and Evil like how some teenagers do, a character has more than one part you know (at least the good ones do, anyways.) So she is but one expression of strenght unless we want to pull hairs on what is masculine and feminine strength. Buffy then can ironically represent a kind of feminism that wants equal roles for everybody (Why can't I fight the monsters and have the "male" reaction to otherness? I'm a person too!) So there are aspects of strength to be admired and admonished against in both examples there.