Do you think the EQG movies are bad influences on girls?

[ShadowSJG 62]

We hear controversy for things like Bratz, Monster Higher, and Ever after high on how they are they too oversexualized and many parents disapprove of them. Do you think EQG is a bad influence like them?

[Steve Piranha 29,447]

Well, I have yet to see family unfriendly aesops  that says you're worth nothing if:

-You're not popular

-You don't follow the crowd

-You don't have the whole male populace to desire you

-You don't know EVERYTHING girly like fashion, celebrities, etc etc etc

-You don't have a boyfriend

-You don't dress inappropriately

 

And that without touching the subject of being promiscuous and stuff 

 

Soooooooo, I guess they're not bad influences to girls

Edited January 24, 2016 by Steve Piranha

[Ziggy + Angel + Rain 11,303]

I'm sure some would think that I've already thoroughly broken any broad societal rules of sexualization by being irresistibly attracted to a colorful pegasus pony.  So my opinion on the matter might not be held in high regard by the types who are supposedly condemning the programs you mentioned.

 

That's fine, though; I don't especially care what they think, either.

 

Here's the thing: I have no personal interest in either EQG or its cast of not-ponies.  But sometimes these cries of "oversexualization" border dangerously on eye-rolling tripe.  Case in point, I once saw people complaining about the sexualization of M&Ms mascots.

 

More often than not, I feel like there's a barely-restrained undercurrent of one of two things:

1. People don't think you should be allowed to be attracted to someone.

2. People don't think that someone should be allowed to be attractive.

 

Either's pretty dopey.

 

Having at least seen pictures and clips of the Humane Six (I think that's the popular title), there's nothing I would call deliberately showy about their manner of dress or overtly sexualized about them.  Perhaps a concerned parent might point out a thing or two, but that just makes me think that said parent had ought to find better things to do with their time.

 

Like, Idunno...  Parenting?  Teaching their child that it's okay to be confident in your own appearance so long as you can differentiate between the superficial and what matters most.  That it's okay to want to be attractive provided that your own self worth is never tied up in your appearance.  That an individual can be any number of things: Beautiful, kind, intelligent, strong.  That these qualities have innumerable interpretations and aren't necessarily exclusive.

 

No.  I don't think EQG is a bad influence.

[Steve Piranha 29,447]

Well, I guess some people would argue that the girls using skirts reaches the board of being sexualized are the villains, but they're just fanservice by MLP standards, as they're still pretty tame in my opinion. EG overall still teaches positive aesops for kids 

[Hope Glimmer 37]

I think that the underlying morals of FIM which crossed into EQG are good. As in; your friends can be as diverse as you are accepting, friendship is a powerful thing, etc. Even the varying cliques in these movies didn't show any sort of disdain or hatred towards one another.

 

What bothered me was the lack of diversity. Let's face it, we don't want to see Pinkie Pie weighing in at a solid 400lbs from all those sweets, and it would be odd to see Applejack as an overly muscled high school girl. BUT, Some diversity would have been nice. And I feel it was really out of character for Rainbow to be -in a skirt-. I feel the diversity would have really helped. Even if it was a slightly different waist size amongst the characters and different clothing to match their individual personalities. I feel this may spread some negative body image.

 

Outside of that though? Nothing I think that could have been taken the wrong way. But this is just my opinion.

Edited January 24, 2016 by HopeGlimmer

[KatonRyu 1,033]

EQG doesn't seem overly sexualized to me. Everyone has the same body type and there's no clothing that could be seen as provocative from anyone as far as I can tell. Even the Sirens in RR are really tame in that regard despite being, well, Sirens. Then again, these days it seems like everything is considered to be a bad influence on kids.

 

Kids aren't nearly as fragile as some moral guardians seem to think. If anything, I'd like it if shows became less restrained in depicting certain matters like death and even homosexuality (like Korra and apparently Steven Universe do). What better way to learn about such concepts than through kids' shows? Hell, even Disney knows this. A large part of the Lion King is about Simba dealing with Mufasa's death, and his guilt over that event. I think that was handled really well, and if you can deal with such topics without breaking the allegedly fragile minds of kids, you can afford to be a bit more explicit with certain other things as well, rather than using vague implications.

 

The important thing is to portray things sensibly, and if any franchise has the potential to do it it's MLP.

[cider float 2,538]

They do dress a bit slutty but that's like every cartoon nowadays. Not to mention how girls dress anyway.

 

Bad influences on girls? Don't think so because they're already there.

Edited February 9, 2016 by cider float