Male Ponies used for slave labor?

[jish55 20]

As the question asks, do you all believe the male ponies in Equestria are used for slave labor? I'd really like to know because my friends and I are sort of mixed on this.

[Mr. Critical 434]

No. thats obsurd. Sure there arent any male characters in the show besieds secondary characters, but in equestria, slavery wouldnt really seem like celestia's  thing.

[Satsuki Kiryuin 1,155]

I really have no idea where the heck you got that idea.. :I

[Gone Airbourne 21,977]

xD no I mean they are not the only ones who work I am sure the mares work just as much.... 

 

That would be funny to see Celestia as a female dictator of Equestria and made all male ponies slaves .... that would be silly.

[Fhaolan 4,484]

They're lucky. Some of the previous generations they weren't even allowed to live in town. (G1 My Little Pony 'n Friends: stallions only appeared in two episodes. One was a foreign pony, and the other the stallions were on their *yearly* visit. G3, no stallions appeared in any of the shows at all.)

Edited December 12, 2013 by Fhaolan

[King 5,625]

Shinning Armour is captain of the guard....
Not to mention ponies like Hoity Toity....

Just as in normal society, men are used more for physical labour because our muscle mass is generally higher then that of women. Just in general though.
 

[Sabrinie 392]

No, that's kind of ridiculous. The stallions, just like the mares, have jobs; they aren't being used for slave labor. 

[ghostfacekiller39 23,860]

If I were a stallion, I'd totally punch and bite to make sure I got to be a slave in the Carousel Boutique.

 

Rawrr.

 

Nahh, that's kinda far-fetched. I mean, Big Mac is a workhorse who's quite strong and seems to enjoy hard work. 

 

He's really the only one that'd make sense as for the slave labor thing, but I don't think he's a slave at all, and I think most people would think the same.

 

So, nahh. I don't think that's the case

[jish55 20]

Ok, again, this is a question mainly do to how we tend to see them is all, normally used to pull chariots so on and so forth and normally used for manual labor. This is why I bring it up, not trying to offend anyone, just a question my friends and I keep wondering about, and so I was curious what you all thought.

[Neon Fire 473]

Ok, again, this is a question mainly do to how we tend to see them is all, normally used to pull chariots so on and so forth and normally used for manual labor. This is why I bring it up, not trying to offend anyone, just a question my friends and I keep wondering about, and so I was curious what you all thought.

 

Well don't forget, I doubt a mare could carry a chariot.  Plus, there's Big Mac who works on a farm, Shining Armor who's captain of the guard, Stallions working at stores, etc.

[Fhaolan 4,484]

Well don't forget, I doubt a mare could carry a chariot.

Really? You don't think Applejack or Rainbow Dash could pull a chariot? Heck, in Feeling Pinkie Keen, Fluttershy is pulling a wooden single-pony chariot full of frogs, and actually holds it in a hovering position mid-air for several minutes despite what must be astonishing torque on the harness.

[Brony Number 42 10,075]

Purely for slave labor? Ha ha, of course not. They are used for breeding stock too.

[Skycoaster 698]

Wow. Not slave labor, just manual labor for the most part, but I'd hate to be a Male earth pony.....

 

I'd much rather be working in the weather factory.

[Flutter's lover <3 8,206]

Far from it.I don't see any of them chained up or wearing grubby clothes or looking dirty, depressed. They're pretty much equal to the mares.

 

I hardly think Celestia is a dictator of any sort.

 

But...you never know.

 

[Cwanky 17,622]

That's absurd. But still given how the ponies seem to regard cows, sheep and other sentient livestock as well as mixed breeds like mules, I wouldn't entirely discredit such notions as impossible in Equestria.

 

I mean if 1 unicorn was capable of this:

 

 

I wouldn't entirely rule out the possibility.

[Shanks 10,816]

No, unless you count when the mares go into heat but that is an entirely different kind of slavery. Seriously though I just chalk it up to the fact that it is a "girls show" and you are therefore going to see far more female characters than male ones. If Equestria actually existed I think the the gender ration would probably be a lot more balanced, but the stallions do tend to do more physical labor than the mares (especially earth pony stallions) but that is true on earth as well because males tend to have more muscle mass thanks to elevated testosterone levels.

[Malinter 3,064]

Ponyville is a farming community so most of the stallions probably do labour intensive work but they do it for the bits and food they need for their familles, no slavery involved at all. Ofc there are mares too that also work the fields too such as Applejack.

[An Old Head 4,816]

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[FNGRpony 658]

i think anthony c made the crack on one of those mas pod casts "Oh wow all the males are subjected. fascinating."

and than clover keen was like "So your into that huh?"

 

I'd ship em (lol back on topic)

 

there not slaves.

 

it's "separate but equal."

 ^ ~.

[Argumedies 1,748]

I voted yes (for the heck of it.)

 

And if they are not... they should be... good for nothing stallions.... lazy bums, all of um... especially that big red one.... doesn't work nearly hard enough.... always making his most wonderful sister do all the work

 

[~Silver Essence~ 2,625]

No............ no.

 

Even if you think that way, anyone can be paid to do what they ask them to do in terms of labor and work.

[Nature's Spell 526]

I voted yes (for the heck of it.)

 

And if they are not... they should be... good for nothing stallions.... lazy bums, all of um... especially that big red one.... doesn't work nearly hard enough.... always making his most wonderful sister do all the work

 

OP if Argumedies is the one yes vote (so far) did you even vote in your own poll? I say no but I'd be Princess Twilight'a slave if I lived there. Edited December 12, 2013 by Nature's Spell

[Vixor 80]

What? That's nonsense, this show is about friendship, good morals, and other goody goody stuff, and Equestria will naturally reflect that, so nobody is going to be oppressed or discriminated against. Just because it's a show for little girls with lot's of good female rolemodels doesn't mean it's portraying a society where the other gender is getting the short end of the stick.

Edited December 13, 2013 by Vixor