Are Battle Shounen just soap opera for dudes?

Well... It actually works as a comperation
Kinda funny

The funny thing is soap operas originated as radio drama shows in the 1930s that were simply aimed at promoting soap and toiletry. Hence the name "Soap Operas". They weren't even originally aimed towards any specific demo.

Where finally they ended up adopting the idea for television for the 1st time in 1949. This was when they finally noticed the majority of people who ended up watching them on TV were just bored house wives simply due to program scheduling. Where typically anyone with a full time job would not ever be able to watch them. Even back then originally they still weren't specifically trying to target a specific demographic. Also Soap operas never truly end. Where the average life of a on going soap opera is 5 to 6 decades. They simply only conclude when their contracts are no longer renewed and then the producers quickly will try to end a series in some way if at all (where some soap operas simply just stop airing without even producing some concise ending even after airing for over a decade).

Soap operas are only thought to be entertainment for women simply because historically the only people who could watch them were bored house wives in the 1950s. Where Battle Shounen are only thought to be for "dudes" because they are adopted from source material primarily intended for male teenage brats.

"Are Battle Shounen just soap opera for dudes?"

Basically, but it handles romance even worst.

@AMBITZZ english isn't my first language and the word is one of the hardest

@AMBITZZ english isn't my first language and the word is one of the hardest

@AMBITZZ english isn't my first language and the word is one of the hardest

Explain then why some Shounen Anime like JJK have more female audience?

Explain then why some Shounen Anime like JJK have more female audience?

shonen is an demographic not a genre,

can yall stop treating it as if this was an genre, shonen since this is demographic has broad range of genres like every other demographic.

"Are Battle Shounen just soap opera for dudes?"

Basically, but it handles romance even worst.

@RytvoOckakino Because Gojo Hot

Women aren't any more sophisticated than men, we just pretend to be

@DigiCat I think women generally are tbh.

@LuxuriousHeart More sophisticated you mean? Curious, how so? (also is this coming from the perspective of a guy or girl?)

@DigiCat From a girl. And I just think we have more refined tastes. A wider palette.

@LuxuriousHeart Hmm, care to give some examples of this more refined taste/wider palette? Can be your own taste or of someone you know

@DigiCat From experience, most guys tend to just like action and sex. That's it. It's rare to meet a guy that cares about anything outside of that. Whereas girls tend to have a larger variety of interests.

@LuxuriousHeart If i have to be honest, that sounds like a very stereotypical view of things

I was more curious as to what maybe your own taste in media is and what about it you'd describe as refined

I have no doubt most guys love action, there is a reason why it's so popular among the demographic, but i've also definitely heard guys say "the action is cool, but it gets boring when there's no plot"

@DigiCat It's just rare to meet guys that go against the stereotype. Though it's very common to meet women that go against the stereotype. Women tend to have a variety of hobbies, and they're usually so good. Most men are gym bros, anime/video game fans, or those weird stock and tech bros. They rarely have hobbies outside of those things.

Even in anime tastes. Women are likely to watch and read all demographics. Most men just watch and read Shounen and Seinen, and usually the same type of Shounen and Seinen. Battle Shounen and edgy dark Seinen. Meanwhile, women watch a variety of anime and read a variety of manga.

@LuxuriousHeart I'm going to assume you say rare based on your own experience? I've found it to be a lot more common than most give credit for

Ok, you have provided what most women and men seem to be interested in, but what are these varied hobbies and taste for you personally? I'll tell mine too after

@DigiCat From my experience, women tend to be into: painting and drawing, pottery, reading books, journeling, scrapbooking, knitting and sewing, dance, fashion, theater, cooking and baking, gardening, design, etc. Pinterest is the perfect example. When only women used that app, it was the best. Once men started coming, you had to have rules because men were being creepy. An example of that is women with children going on Pinterest for hair inspirations for their daughter. Pinterest had to delete certain tags and photos with those tags, because of men being men (I'll let you fill in the blanks). Why couldn't men just be normal on Pinterest like women were?

And again, it's shown in anime taste, just to keep to the topic of anime. Men don't care for most series if there's no violence, fanservice/sex, or just "hype" moments, or "aura" or whatever. Women tend to like a wider variety of anime. Anime and manga recs by men tend to just be edgy Seinen or battle Shounen. Women recommend everything.

@LuxuriousHeart Again, you just wrote the stereotype, my question was what are your personal varied likes/interest as a woman? What are maybe some of you're personal recommendations?

I'm not sure how pintrest started out and evolved over the years as i don't use it much, but i can tell you from personal experience, it's definitely not just men who can be creepy online (or irl for that matter)

As for the things you mentioned, yes, things like sewing/knitting have more interest from women than men, likely due to it being considered a feminine role in the past, women also tend to be more into journaling as it's a way to externalize your emotions, something that is more typical of women than men, but i don't see how art or cooking fit in here as there's many men and women with such interest, a lot who've even made it their livelyhood, even things ike fashion and dance that gain more interest from women have a decent amount of men who're into it too