I love anime and I feel that as a feminist that it often sucks that there isn't that much shonen styled anime for girls or shoujo styled anime for boys. That said this is pretty typical of shonen Dubzy there are stronger male characters that do stuff than the female characters. For instance take Death Note, the first half of that anime is a fucking masterpiece but Light is a much more interesting character than Misa. Dragonball, another good series tainted by the subtle sexism(Goku is more awesome than Bulma, in DBZ Gohan is more awesome than Videl). It is a feature of shonen to feature males as better and more interesting characters than females. I love shonen and as much as I think characters like Seras Victoria are well done and great characters, there is never any female version of Alucard.

Another core problem is shoujo which relies on female stereotypes and continue the sexist portrayals of female sexuality. I mean don't get me wrong, there are good shoujo animes(and I like some of them) but I have more issues with shoujo which is with the stereotypical portrayals of female sexuality, romance patterns, and even the implicit misandry against the guys that don't stack up with the "dream guy".

That's just addressing anime and my opinions based on me being an anime fan.

(Ghost in the Shell Stand Alone Complex comes to mind as an anime that is better for women but I still have issues with the beauty standards)

the thread you linked to: "I do hope that our elected officials are not buying or falling for this specious, sophomoric sophistry. This blog is run by a dike pretending to be the man she'd like to be."

That heterosexism, cissexism. and misogyny isn't cool

I'm here bro if that means anything. And aren't you married like I am? I thought you mentioned it to me on the r/anarchism IRC or maybe a topic I started on r/anarchism.

BUT BRO IT'S NOT LIKE THE WIMMYNZ OR THE SEXUAL MINORITIES ARE THE OPPRESSED ONES COMPARATIVELY SPEAKING BRAH US BROS ARE TOTALLY OPPRESSED AND WE DEMAND BRO RIGHTS.

(oh gods I just had an idea for an awesome subreddit)

Interesting article Dubzy, especially since at the logical conclusion of many right-libertarian arguments you would end up with a pro-anarchist society/framework. While i certainly agree that self-ownership is a flawed concept just as I think property is impossible without a state, I feel it is important to mention that I do derive some of my arguments for anarchism from classical liberal arguments. >.>

I find it humorous that a "progressive" woman like you would misgender someone who is clearly male. Or is that not your blog Marsha? I'm assuming the latter.

Kanin's findings are flawed as Futrelle shows with his well sourced article here on Manboobz.
http://manboobz.com/2010/11/11/mens-rights-myth-f...

Dubzy.... I have seen too many different numbers about false rape accusations to really draw any conclusions about how pervasive it is, but on the same note I too, think it disingenuous to compare false rape accusations to actual rape.

@jers
"As do rape allegations."

Speaking as a rape survivor, I can agree with this but on the same note, I disagree that it's as bad as actual rape.

@Madfoot713
"IMHO, being put in a cage for life and having your reputation ruined is worse than a single traumatizing experience, but that's just my crazy opinion."

Are you seriously trying to go there? Depression, suicidal thoughts, immense amounts of psychological issues, and lasting bodily harm disagrees with this notion.