yhwx said:
I don’t freaking care whether it’s a part of the “official” definition, it still has an inheriently mysogonist quality around, even if people don’t realize that (which may be caused by further sexism). It’s still a product of our sexist culture.So noting that Wesley Crusher was a Mary Sue, is “inherently misogynistic”? How does that work? You realize that Wesley Crusher was a male character, right? Your mere assertion holds no water. It is simply the name of a type of character.
You keep saying that. I’m sure it’ll become true if you say it enough times.
By the way, the person who wrote the parody featuring the character for which the trope was subsequently named, is a woman (Paula Smith), which means the most famous person to mock the type of character now known as a Mary Sue, is a woman. I suppose she’s “misogynistic” too?
Women can be misogynistic too. It’s to a far less greater extent than men, but it still happens.