Forum - View topicNEWS: New Sailor Moon's Premiere Event Excludes Men — Unless Accompanied by Women
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uguu
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So why not ask the person who posted this article to change the sensationalistic nature of the wording and the headline? People are getting the idea that this is about having a 'safe space away from molesters' and bringing bronies into it and other assorted nonsense when this isn't even about Sailor Moon but about the organization of the magazine's events. |
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dtm42
Posts: 14084 Location: currently stalking my waifu |
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I kinda understand why ViVi have done this, as several women on this forum who live in Japan have attended similar events in the past for other franchises have said that they feel a lot more comfortable being around just their own gender.
However, had a shounen magazine held a mens-only event for a male-orientated franchise the same people who applaud ViVi's decision would be outraged. No doubt they'd be wielding their pitchforks and demanding action against such sexism. |
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Hoppy800
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I don't see an issue with this, just get a female friend or acquaintance to attend with you. I've attended parties with the same rule in place and I just let my best friend tag along with me.
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Nonaka Machine Gun B
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I guess it's a good thing I never cared for SM, then.
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Saphiro01
 Posts: 71 Location: California |
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It's out now uncut and it's actually a REALLY good time to start. Check out the first 4 episodes on Neon Alley. I am a longtime male fan and am very thankful my parents were open minded enough to let me watch the show (although I imagine they were just happy I was watching a show with teenage girls in short skirts in it LOL). The original manga is amazing too. I haven't really encountered another manga with similar art. Naoko Takeuchi's style is very specific and unique compared to other shoujo titles, at least for the time in 1992. I have an excuse apparently because I have a 6 year old niece that loves Sailor Moon. |
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Egan Loo
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The article was worded this way because the event announcement was already being misinterpreted in English Sailor Moon fandom, hours earlier, as excluding men entirely. The article quotes the event text almost verbatim to emphasize men can go if accompanied by women, and specifically notes that ViVi is co-hosting the event. |
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RHorsman
 Posts: 151 Location: Loch Loman |
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Because there are no comics for girls in the west? |
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Beatdigga
 Posts: 4380 Location: New York |
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Not that people buy anyway. The sad, sad saga of Amethyst was proof of that. |
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Mr.Shonen
Posts: 269 Location: Brooklyn, NY |
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This event is taking place in Japan, why is everyone one here forcing western gender politics into the matter? Japan doesn't take part in any of this.
Granted if this in American event enforcing these same policies, I'd understand people attacking people I disagree with politically who would make a stink about it. But opposite would also happen. Take away the woman only thing and who knows, you'd probably have a room where the men/boys outnumber the women/girls. Then you'd probably have some feminist who claims she's a real geek/nerd on her tumblr blog talking about how the men at the event were part of some grand patriarchy conspiracy to keep all the women chained in kitchens making sandwiches for the rest of their lives while linking Jezebel/Mary Sue articles to prove her point. |
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Hoppy800
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Also women only promotions/events are common in Japan, manga cafes often have them (some go as far as having women's only sections).
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revolutionotaku
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I wish that me and my girlfriend could attend this event.
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Redcrimson
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Do people even read the article? They're not excluding men, they're stipulating that they be accompanied by a female. Which is their right as the organizers of a private event.
This isn't sexism, fellas. This is capitalism. |
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DuelLadyS
 Posts: 1705 Location: WA state |
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It seems to me that the PR-friendly thing to have done would be to make a subscriber-only event. We can assume most of their reader base is, in fact, female, so doing it that way would give them the desired optic turnout, encourage higher subscription rates, and avoid the misandric undercurrent. Unless subscriptions aren't a big concern for Japanese magazines...
... either way, what we think doesn't matter too much. Japan's gender divide is so much different than the western version, I doubt many over there are batting an eye. |
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Rivailloli
 Posts: 562 Location: Virginia |
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Transsexuals are people who fully undergo hormone therapy and get corrective surgery. Unless they felt a need to go digging through all their history to find what sex they were born as, I'd assume they'd be able to get in. |
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Trypticon
 Posts: 80 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
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They can run and promote their event and business any way they please, and I’m actually fine with it.
I just find the rationalization of double standards to be irrevocably disturbing. |
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