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Some stray thoughts about gender on the Wheel of Time show AgentApple Send a noteboard - 15/12/2020 09:28:59 AM

I'm doing my first reread since the series was over and these 2020 issues keep creeping up on me. Wondering how they may tackle these if they ever get that far along.

First, The good guys are more sexist than the bad guys. Or rather the good gals are more sexist than the bad gals.
In our world sexism towards men would be considered in some circles reverse-sexism, I guess, but for WoT it is the stand in for 'regular' sexism. Egwene, Nynaeve, Elayne and co are more sexist than Lanfear which lived in a much more egalitarian age. Before the 'original sin' of the Breaking of the World.
Judging by how the Last Jedi reduced the cold and calculated Imperial officer to a screaming lunatic, I'm not sure a Hollywood production can cope with this.
I'm guessing they could just pretend it not a stand in for 'regular' sexism and just consider the protagonists' slight misandry to be hip ?

Also, there is saidin and saidar and the male/female soul. In WoT there is no such thing as a trans channeler. Except for Aran'gar, which is a result of the Dark One's sense of humor. Not exactly the stuff to make Tweeter happy.

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Some stray thoughts about gender on the Wheel of Time show - 15/12/2020 09:28:59 AM 279 Views
Interesting that you bring this up - 15/12/2020 12:52:51 PM 184 Views
Thoughts on Aran'gar - 15/12/2020 04:31:55 PM 187 Views
I've been rereading as well... and yeah, there's a lot that raises eyebrows in 2020. - 15/12/2020 07:04:15 PM 187 Views
Raises *whose* eyebrows? - 18/12/2020 11:17:55 PM 142 Views

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