MugaSofer comments on LW Women- Minimizing the Inferential Distance - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 27 November 2012 12:23:09PM 8 points [-]

I suggest male readers ruminate on this aspect of the show until it seems a bit disturbing.

Er... what if it still doesn't seem disturbing after rumination?

The positions of power are occupied by females.

Discord is male, more powerful than the Princesses, and evil.

Er, I don't seem to be finding this very disturbing either.

(Admittedly, I haven't actually watched the show, only read fanfiction based on it.)

Comment author: MugaSofer 27 November 2012 05:10:56PM 1 point [-]

Er... what if it still doesn't seem disturbing after rumination?

THEN YOU'RE DOING IT WRONG.

Seriously, though, considering the large numbers of male fans who aren't bothered by this, character seems to be a bigger consideration than gender. Which is strange, since we all know that no woman could enjoy a show with an all-male cast ...

Comment author: listic 09 December 2012 02:34:51PM 1 point [-]

I'm totally lost here. There must be irony in your post, but where?

Comment author: MugaSofer 10 December 2012 05:29:37PM 0 points [-]

Which is strange, since we all know that no woman could enjoy a show with an all-male cast ...

This was ironic - a lot of shows have predominantly-male casts, yet women are somehow able to enjoy mass media.

That's not to say i doesn't cause problems, of course, but the empathy gap is not so large as to estroy viewing pleasure.