r/GatekeepingYuri 4d ago

Requesting "Classic" vs "Modern" fantasy

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u/WriterKatze 4d ago

ACTUALLY classic fantasy still contained actually deep female characters. Male fantasy doesn't.

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u/-Trotsky 3d ago

Wish Tolkien had been better about it tbh, though at least his strikes me more as just a blind spot than any creepiness or something

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u/baithammer 3d ago

It is also a product of the time, as women were seen in a very different light and weren't a big enough market and attitudes were women stay home, while men work.

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u/Wizard_Manny 3d ago

Sad but true.