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Quote from: Elisto on November 30, 2012, 07:45:38 AM I think in some ways, it can be a lot harder for a guy to like "girl" stuff than a girl to like "boy" stuff.[/b]Indeed. People seem to not even care if a girl wears clothes from the boy section, but if a boy wears girl clothes, everyone goes nuts. Just as girls seem to be able to buy guy stuff in the toy aisle, but a boy getting a girl toy is outrageous. Oh god I hate the "boy" and "girl" labels for things. Things are for people, not a certain gender.
I think in some ways, it can be a lot harder for a guy to like "girl" stuff than a girl to like "boy" stuff.
On the one hand, I'm very glad male fans are getting positive attention because as has been said many times, we shouldn't be telling people what they can and can't like based on gender, and I think in some ways, it can be a lot harder for a guy to like "girl" stuff than a girl to like "boy" stuff.
Quote from: Elisto on November 30, 2012, 07:45:38 AMOn the one hand, I'm very glad male fans are getting positive attention because as has been said many times, we shouldn't be telling people what they can and can't like based on gender, and I think in some ways, it can be a lot harder for a guy to like "girl" stuff than a girl to like "boy" stuff.In a larger societal view, yes, guys are often discriminated against for liking feminine things. Though that's mostly because feminine is viewed as weak or inferior and so men should be manly men.
Re: 1982 / 1983. The first toys are stamped "1982", but I believe they did first become widely available in stores in 1983.
I rarely see all of the charity work the FiM fandom does mentioned in most news sources outside the fandom. Then again, most news sources just want to stereotype all fans based on their worst examples to give people an easy target to be bigoted against.I won't say any more about the gender, I think the real disconnect is between fans of FiM exclusively and fans of other generations.