http://local-max.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] local-max.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] itsnotmymind 2016-05-29 07:19 pm (UTC)

I have seen some arguments additionally which specifically single out a female character as being male-coded, as a way of criticizing that character (and indicating that she does not deserve any consideration as a woman). This is a bit similar to the Yoko Ono thing. What is odd is that it is sometimes applied to characters who are not even particularly masculine, but who have other negative traits -- it seems to be a sort of excuse for being able to bash a female character mercilessly while still laying claim to feminist values and to a worldview where villainy is a male-only trait.

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