Yet Andrea and Michonne are two of the most competent warriors in the group (the comic). Both at times take Rick (the main viewpoint character) to task and are in no way weak females. On the other hand there are some characters who are weak, some of which are male, some of which happen to be female.
As long as the authors are playing fair by that standard, and not wearing ideology on their sleave, like the authors of Lucifer's Hammer clearly are, I'm okay with that from a fictional universe point of view. I also don't have a problem with sex roles being effected in a crisis if there are believable real world reasons rather then ideology. That can vary from, 'the story takes place among people whose starting place is a bit on the conservative side' (like many of the rural southern Walking Dead characters seem to) to 'if we are even going to survive, we're going to have to get the hell out of here and start making babies.'
Note this my opinion on interesting fiction. I'd like to believe that in the real world I wouldn't fight for people (including women) to have a voice. And BTW, I think you'd approve of Stirling's Dies the Fire and World War Z in particular out of my recomendations.
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Date: 2013-01-28 01:53 am (UTC)As long as the authors are playing fair by that standard, and not wearing ideology on their sleave, like the authors of Lucifer's Hammer clearly are, I'm okay with that from a fictional universe point of view.
I also don't have a problem with sex roles being effected in a crisis if there are believable real world reasons rather then ideology. That can vary from, 'the story takes place among people whose starting place is a bit on the conservative side' (like many of the rural southern Walking Dead characters seem to) to 'if we are even going to survive, we're going to have to get the hell out of here and start making babies.'
Note this my opinion on interesting fiction. I'd like to believe that in the real world I wouldn't fight for people (including women) to have a voice. And BTW, I think you'd approve of Stirling's Dies the Fire and World War Z in particular out of my recomendations.