are women ignored in media? | #wonderwoman #sailormoon  — Transcript

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1. 0:00Are women ignored in media? Let's talk
2. 0:01about pioneers. Now, a lot of fans argue
3. 0:03that female characters, specifically
4. 0:04pioneers, are systemically ignored
5. 0:05compared to their male counterparts,
6. 0:07which is generally considered
7. 0:08unfortunate because these characters are
8. 0:09understood to be foundational blueprints
9. 0:11in regards to their respective genres. A
10. 0:12lot of fans notice a glaring pattern in
11. 0:14regards to institutional neglect as well
12. 0:15as historical minimization. A lot of
13. 0:17fans point out that characters like
14. 0:18Batman and Superman get decades of
15. 0:19narrative consistency. Wonder Woman's
16. 0:21publication is generally considered an
17. 0:23ever-revolving door, the likes of which
18. 0:24make it harder for casual audiences to
19. 0:25get a baseline understanding of Wonder
20. 0:27Woman and her history. Despite Diana
21. 0:28being a part of the DC Trinity, there's
22. 0:30a noticeable disparity in regards to
23. 0:31multimedia investment in her character.
24. 0:33And women don't just suffer from this on
25. 0:34the corporate side, but also the fandom
26. 0:35side. Alongside Dragon Ball Z, Sailor
27. 0:37Moon was one of the major reasons why
28. 0:38anime had a big boom in the '90s. But
29. 0:40despite that, mainstream retrospect is
30. 0:41only a priority on Pokémon, Akira, and
31. 0:43Dragon Ball Z, minimizing Sailor Moon as
32. 0:45a niche girl show and not an
33. 0:46industry-defining juggernaut. That
34. 0:47coupled with the fact that Sailor Moon
35. 0:49as a show is targeted towards a younger
36. 0:50female audience, fans often express
37. 0:51frustration about the fact that
38. 0:52female-centered media is often looked
39. 0:54down upon and not taken seriously by
40. 0:55broader culture critics as well as fans
41. 0:57alike. And I see a lot of parallels to
42. 0:58the lack of public respect these
43. 0:59characters get to the way that women's
44. 1:00achievements are often overlooked in
45. 1:02reality. The minimization of Wonder
46. 1:03Woman and Sailor Moon in their
47. 1:04respective genres is a digitalized
48. 1:05reflection on how society overlooks
49. 1:07female accomplishments. Media doesn't
50. 1:08exist in a vacuum. The same systemic
51. 1:10biases, psychological patterns, and
52. 1:11cultural hurdles that women face are
53. 1:12often mirrored in how these
54. 1:13entertainment industries and fans treat
55. 1:15[music] these iconic female characters.