![]() ![]() Now, for a more practical example: Rachel from Friends. Now, take this logic to the reverse: in another universe, your stern disciplinarian female English teacher is a man who lost her legs leading a troop in the Vietnam War I see an aggressive woman with the brilliance of an army general, but would never use such potential for such a career path, would gawk at the idea, because her parents lived in a time when a woman in America could be arrested for wearing pants. You see a housewife, domineering over her husband and competitive with the other wives. Gender norms of the time make that assuredly an impossibility. Do you still see them as being a general in that time? Of course not. Think of an American WW2 army general, like say, Patton. You need to look at a character's personality traits and and ask yourself if they would still have them if they were born a different sex, burdened with both the innate socialization differences of that sex, as well as the upbringing and expectations placed upon that sex in the society into which that person was born This is only a problem if you do not think critically of the influence of gender on human behavior. >it's easier to turn a male character into a female one from a personality perspective, as a lot of traditionally masculine traits still remain appealing in a girl, but a lot of female personality traits when applied to a guy have unpleasant results In summation, anon: what the fuck is wrong with you that causes literally every one of your opinions to be wrong? I have nothing against the gay in or out of media, but Aang and Zuko will never not be straight to me, it's just the vibe I get >aang and zuko can become a couple by the end of the show What Toph never had was agency, which is a narrative that is weakened when you reverse the gender Toph never needed to reclaim masculinity, as Toph had never lost it. Toph as a little girl in a traditional Earth Kingdom (aka almost Chinese) background would never have had that upbringing.Īnd it makes Toph's motivation as a character so much less agreeable. Toph being a girl is important because it adds to the initial assumption of her as weak and willowy.Įven as a blind boy, her traditionalist family would still expect Toph to become the Man of the household eventually, and so Toph would be groomed to hold power. >toph is now a sheltered boy reclaiming his masculinity Apart from the practical advantage of male testosterone on muscles, socially, most women don't usually care about fighting for pleasure, so there'd be no motivation for keeping or even instating such a practice in the first place.īut before even that, I must ask. No matriarchal society exists or can conceivably exist where women are the primary combatants. >matriarcal society where only women are allowed to use bending for combat ![]()
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