Dark Squiggle
Troubadour
I may be wrong, and I may be disgusting for asking this question, but I just saw the Futurama episode where Fry (the show's main male character, possibly main character and definitely the show's idiot) becomes female.
Neutopia (Futurama) - Wikipedia
I thought to myself "obviously Fry must be male, no woman could be that stupid", and then I realized that I know about the same number of not-very-smart women as I know not-very-smart men. This is a thing in movies, books and TV but not in real life. (Yes Futurama has Amy, but she's shallow, not stupid, and the writers let you know she is playing dumb at least most of the time.) I am not saying that there are no stupid female characters, just that they are scarce. I also noticed that the "competent voice of reason" character tends to be female as well. One Piece's Nami, Simpsons' Lisa and Marge, Discworld's Granny Weatherwax and Tiffany Aching, Futurama's Leela... the list goes on and on.
Is this because writers fear being cast as sexist? Is this some narrative with a deeper source? Just wondering if anyone had thoughts about this
Neutopia (Futurama) - Wikipedia
I thought to myself "obviously Fry must be male, no woman could be that stupid", and then I realized that I know about the same number of not-very-smart women as I know not-very-smart men. This is a thing in movies, books and TV but not in real life. (Yes Futurama has Amy, but she's shallow, not stupid, and the writers let you know she is playing dumb at least most of the time.) I am not saying that there are no stupid female characters, just that they are scarce. I also noticed that the "competent voice of reason" character tends to be female as well. One Piece's Nami, Simpsons' Lisa and Marge, Discworld's Granny Weatherwax and Tiffany Aching, Futurama's Leela... the list goes on and on.
Is this because writers fear being cast as sexist? Is this some narrative with a deeper source? Just wondering if anyone had thoughts about this