Do you believe anime is objectifying all women?
| I think it objectifies everything. I mean even food looks better than average. It objectifies female cats too. |
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| Can this necromancer please stop bringing gender issue threads back from the dead? |
| Who the f. necroed. Oh. Wait. I see. nvm, carry on then. |
| No, there is a good bunch but not all of them. |
SnappynatorApr 22, 2016 2:56 PM
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| I personally think that in general, anime is objectifying all women. But if you think about it, the primary reason for this is that women are being objectified in the society in the first place. To some extent, anime takes on the preferences of the audience, who already perceives an objectified view of women, so in order to satisfy the audiences, the anime industry tends to comply to the audience's demands. And yes, the same goes for other stakeholders like men, food and cats, so in the end, it doesn't really matter. And yes, I do agree that the petition was stupid. |
A retard is trying to prove his point, thanks. |
| I feel oppressed by bishounen anime. How can I compete with those cute guys? |
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| To borrow an option from the poll, does it really matter? |
| It really depends on the series and on how the character is depicted. But it's not only women that are being ''objectified''. Well, if you really want to find ''objectified'' women then just watch ecchi/harem anime. |
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| People see what they want to see. If they want to see women being objectified in order to justify their victim complex, that's how they'll alter their reality. I just watch anime to have a good time, that's all. Here's what it is: Showing someone half naked and portraying them as sexually attractive doesn't diminish the value they hold in context to the story. Objectification is when the sole reason for their existence is to please the viewer of the opposite sex.. |
Gesu-Apr 22, 2016 8:46 PM
| get the fuck outta here, you really need to re-think your life if you're offended by a cartoon character -____- its someone elses fantasy, get tf over it, ITS NOT REAL |
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hydro said: Alice said: It depends on what kind of anime you are watching, but there are definitely double standards. However, there are so many different types of characters out there so the answer for me is a no. Am I allowed to ask why you only add BL-titles? I don't see the reason why you would not add all kinds of anime o.o All other anime is gutter trash that objectifies women. You, me and the vast majority of this website are going to hell for watching it. Always interesting seeing my own posts from ages ago. My opinion has not changed, all anime other than Boys Love is gutter trash. If anyone wants some recs, my fav BL anime are DRAMAtical Murder, Togainu no Chi and LOGH. But this is a discussion board, so I will humor the disgusting perverts who watch non-BL anime for now. What anime objectifies women the most, probably harems right? Well, there are multiple ways at looking at this. Your average "trashy harem" hate sink has a variety of interesting and distinctive girls and one plain guy. These girls have personalities, this guy often does not. These girls with personalities all try and "win" the guy, as though he's a trophy. The guy only exists as a "prize" to be one by girls. Conclusion: Harems are disgusting anime that objectify and dehumanize men. |
| Most of them (especially shows targeted at males), but not all. |
| How does a bait thread get over 700 replies? |
| Thank god for anime man... Yes, it DOES objectify women....or better said, artistic DEPICTIONS of women. And it caters to men. GOOD!!! I want my anime girls to look good, because I'm male and I'm attracted to good looking females. Japan (thankfully) is a CAPITALISTIC SOCIETY and therefore they will do whatever brings them capital (money) and what sells better than hot sexy girls??? If feminazis had their way we'd have ugly, hairy, and man-hating female characters in a wide variety of anime... And before anyone quotes me to tell me shit....anime also objectify male characters and as a male I'm perfectly fine with that. The truth is almost all characters are very good looking and they are made to cater to us (the audience) and we like it that way. |
| Obviously, some do, but definitely not all of them. I'm pretty sure there's a certain anime genre which is really good at portraying women as objects and might be the main cause for the controversy. Still, I rarely see any objectification of women in the anime series I watch, thus it is not present everywhere and is probably limited, in general, to certain genres of anime. Besides, if you're a moviegoer, you surely know that women are often objectified in movies and those have a lot more people watching and enjoying them than there is anime fans. And, as far as I know, it doesn't seem to be much of an issue in our society, but, maybe I'm wrong. Plus, I don't want to get into details and make this long, but just take a look at which anime genres are available and you'll quickly realize that it's also a double standard. Though, I'm pretty sure there is way more objectification of women than men, but it's most certainly something that happens to both genders. |
DanteQCApr 23, 2016 12:44 AM
Literal_Hitler said: How does a bait thread get over 700 replies? Making theads that get a couple of pages of responses is craft. Just say something controversial. Making a thread like this in an art. You have to consider timing, you have to use just the right words to promote misunderstanding ("objectify" is a great one - nobody knows what it really means), you have to choose the topic right... JustALEX said: The truth is almost all characters are very good looking and they are made to cater to us (the audience) and we like it that way. That's one thing I like a lot about anime. How can people watch those cartoons about ugly characters like Simpsons? |
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dustinator1991 said: Any other new thoughts about this topic? Well there's been no big changes in the anime industry since the thread was last active so I doubt the consensus (or lack thereof) has changed. |
Saintrider891 said: hoopla123 said: Objectification doesn't have to be the same for each gender, they can differ but still be objectification. That's like saying racism isn't equal because we say Jews are cheap bastards while Asians have squinty eyes and can't drive. They differ but are still racist. You want examples of women in power in anime? Look down below. Akatsuki no Yona, Seirei no Moribito, Tonari no Kaibutsu Kun, Witch Hunter Robin, Black Lagoon, Claymore, Toaru Kagaku no Railgun/S, Ghost in the Shell, Kino no Tabi and many many more. Out of those, most of them are the men being protected or lead by the women protagonist. Although it is true that Japan is a sexist country like most of Asia, there are plenty of strong females in the medium. Meanwhile they powerful remember that some people prefer personality. True about that anime you show is female have some power but they lack some willed not to mention some female character your post is they to easy to overcome challange. The best i can think is Akatsuki no yona , Claymore , Seirei no morihibito because they have some strong willed female who is trying overcome challange. Toaru Kagako raikgun is good too but sadly after the show is end Mikoto suddenly become more useless and touma who take all of problem not to mention she join touma harem what make me blame author. Note: Anime with current female main protagonist never can be popular compare to male protagonist because in every year anime with male protagonist more majority than female main protagonist Once again, people operate with some weird definition of "personality". Do you really thing women of Black Lagoon don't have personalities? Do you think "Major" Motoko Kusanagi doesn't have a personality? Misaka Mikoto doesn't lose her personality just because Touma helps her out. She helps him out too, you know. She doesn't lose her personality by being romantically interested in Touma too. Her personality when he's not present fits her "tsundere" personality when he's around just fine. Saintrider891 said: Note: Anime with current female main protagonist never can be popular compare to male protagonist because in every year anime with male protagonist more majority than female main protagonist Popularity isn't something that can be achieved with sheer numbers. |
| It's true that in shonen animes, most girls are weak and need to be protected, and all their role is to be beautiful. Though in shoujo it's a bit different. Yes, they may depend on the guy, but it also works the other way around or the guy is richer so he has the advantage. If you're looking for anime who tries your change the rules (not competetly as it's alternative history and in history men had more importance) and is not shoujo (seinen), watch tears to Tiara. |
EfiChanJul 12, 2016 1:16 AM
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| Yeah most of them objetifies women but men are objetified too, so... |
| Double standard. It happens across all forms of entertainment. |
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EggsOnToast said: Double standard. It happens across all forms of entertainment. In modern action films, I see females who have little personality but shoot guns a little. In anime, even if the characters' main purpose is to be sexy they have a personality. Even in a harem, at least tsundere/kuudere are character archetypes. |
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Sadist said: Double standard. It happens across all forms of entertainment. That is a statement that I agree with as well. |
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| Talk about Necroposting! This thread was dead for over 5 years till a few minutes ago. lol |
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dustinator1991 said: Sadist said: Double standard. It happens across all forms of entertainment. That is a statement that I agree with as well. Are you a necromancer? Resurrecting old ass threads. Lmao |
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| Leave no woman unobjectified Nah, I don't think it is. There's plenty of anime that have strong female protagonists. |
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| It's interesting to see that almost none of the users that originally posted in this thread are still active. OT: No waifu should be left unobjectified |
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Helltaker said: It's interesting to see that almost none of the users that originally posted in this thread are still active. OT: No waifu should be left unobjectified I guess it just goes to show you how less active the forum as become. Probably most people have migrated to FB or some other degenerate space. |
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| Anyone who says cringe words like "objectify" and "problematic" like the recent Bloomberg article about female characters, are usually soyjaks |
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| hell no, it doesn't involve real women (they're animated) |
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| Have you ever heard of this anime called "Free!"? Yeah, problem solved So...this time the OP necroed his own thread...wow |
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HelCsF5XKL0 need these to start advertising around. cannot imagine the shit shows from this |
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| I'm sure there are some quality cringe takes in this thread but it's too goddamn early in the morning for this kind of crap. I'll give it a read later. |
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| Yes. Anime is definitely objectifying some women, a lot of the time. |
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| FFS, who decided to revive this thread? That too at the start of a new year. |
mr_modest said: FFS, who decided to revive this thread? That too at the start of a new year. I log in for the first time in several weeks and this shit is the first thing I see on the 1st of Jan. |
| It's the year of 2022, wondering what other people's opinions are as well about the topic. |
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