Your all just a little off your rockers.

I've notice something very interesting in fandom lately, that tells me a lot about the world. These are not good things, and in fact have had the interesting affect of severely pissing me off. I'm going to focus on just one for the moment, though.

First thing I noticed: Being a feminine is always bad.

Can someone tell me why this is? Didn't we go through that whole feminist movement so being seen as feminine WOULDN'T be a negative thing? I thought that was the point of it, anyway. To make us equal, right?

Seems to me all that happened was it made being 'girly' worse. Not just for guys, but for girls to. I can't even wear ribbons in my hair without someone telling me I'm "giving into the pressure put on me by a patriarchal society".

WTF mate, maybe I just like ribbons!

If you are a tough girl who likes shopping: You are immediately dismissed as being to feminine. You are there for not worthy to be a role-model for girls today.

If you are a smart girl who also likes to take pride in her apperance and wear make up and stuff: You are not worthy to be a role model for girls today, as you obviously have self-confidence issues.

I could go on like that for a lot longer, but it's midnight so I won't. The basic conclusion is that the only acceptable role model for young girls is a man, and that makes no sense at all!

Heaven forbid you should want to be a mother. I've been called unambitious and opressed so many times that I think I'm just going to deck the next person that says so. I have dreams and goals, many of them. Just because the one dearest to my heart is to have children doesn't mean I don't have others. Ar-tards.

So, riddle me this, Batman: why is it so threatening to EVERYONE to have a person that is both strong and feminie?

Seems to be most people's theory as to why guys won't ask me out on dates, and seems to be the reason a lot of female characters are despised by fans. It's always the female traits, not the male ones, that are called out on and critisied, too. In female characters.

There's no sense to it at all.