Sometimes, I find "Equestria Girls" a good source of gender roles' research!

[HorsesandMOARGaloar 300]

Other than the unusually-attractive characters, the way they (boys and girls in their high school life) are portrayed, be it stereotypical or Mary-Sue'd, can be a good place to research gender roles and norms and stereotypes.

Don't you think?

hopefully I don't get too caught up with the girls, though ...   

[nami438 90]

Other than the unusually-attractive characters, the way they (boys and girls in their high school life) are portrayed, be it stereotypical or Mary-Sue'd, can be a good place to research gender roles and norms and stereotypes.

 

Don't you think?

 

hopefully I don't get too caught up with the girls, though ...   

I agree, just about any piece of fiction can be studied as an example of how so and so author interprets, battles, and passes along stereotypes.

 

EG is farther away from stereotypes than most fiction I know of. For one, it puts women in roles other than "as she relates to men" and passes the Bechdel test with ease. The only three significant males in the first movie, Snips, Snails and Flash Sentry, are only shown when a girl is talking to them or they're thinking about a girl. A complete reversal of the usual stereotype.

 

This isn't necessarily a good thing, lol.

Edited May 12, 2014 by nami438