Dekusta
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- Find out what morality is should be our concern. If we are wrong, then we have to stop.
I dedicate a great part of my time writing science fiction and fantasy and drawing comics and graphic novels. Another great part of my time is spent on reading random, real science because whynot.
However, in early and recent works, many of my favorite and memorable characters are women. Strong and often very smart. And I don't do this out of any bias I am aware of, I sincerely like what I did and I'm greatly attached to these works.
Recently though, I started reading stuff like this: http://www.sciencevsfeminism.com/th...nces-general-intelligence/#alternate_measures
And related texts referring to overall biological differences between the sexes. It sucks a whole lot. I don't know precisely why, but I'm starting to get a feeling of frustration whenever I look at my early works and losing interest in future projects. I also get the same feeling when I'm playing dark souls and slaughtering the hell out of goth minions with my female ignorant pyromancer. Or when scaring the hell out of literally everyone in my way with femshepard in mass effect.
It's a feeling of frustration but not the dammit-you-lied-to-me type. In the middle of gameplay or work, I start to think if it's fair to have male and female characters inflict the same damage given the same circumstances, or if some of my early work with genius women saving the world is somehow a brutal lie. If I was a woman, surely I would be extremely pissed by now.
My thoughts are that unexpected fiction aspects (if you can call it that) might screw the little realistic aspects you thought you had built. Has any of you gone through something similar? Please share.
However, in early and recent works, many of my favorite and memorable characters are women. Strong and often very smart. And I don't do this out of any bias I am aware of, I sincerely like what I did and I'm greatly attached to these works.
Recently though, I started reading stuff like this: http://www.sciencevsfeminism.com/th...nces-general-intelligence/#alternate_measures
And related texts referring to overall biological differences between the sexes. It sucks a whole lot. I don't know precisely why, but I'm starting to get a feeling of frustration whenever I look at my early works and losing interest in future projects. I also get the same feeling when I'm playing dark souls and slaughtering the hell out of goth minions with my female ignorant pyromancer. Or when scaring the hell out of literally everyone in my way with femshepard in mass effect.
It's a feeling of frustration but not the dammit-you-lied-to-me type. In the middle of gameplay or work, I start to think if it's fair to have male and female characters inflict the same damage given the same circumstances, or if some of my early work with genius women saving the world is somehow a brutal lie. If I was a woman, surely I would be extremely pissed by now.
My thoughts are that unexpected fiction aspects (if you can call it that) might screw the little realistic aspects you thought you had built. Has any of you gone through something similar? Please share.