Re: gender portrayal

[Clytie Siddall <clytie@riverland.net.au>]

On 12/05/2005, at 9:23 PM, Andrew Suffield wrote:
> > On the gender portrayal topic, my teenage daughter is a fan of 
> > Japanese
> > anime, specifically one called Naruto, and I'm intrigued by the
> > androgyneous male characters (which I think occur in other anime as
> > well).
>
> Oh wow, bishounen guys. Yes, it's common; to what extent varies with
> the author. It would not be entirely inaccurate to sum it up by saying
> "Japanese girls like to look at pretty boys", although there's more to
> it than that.

Most likely. :)
> > I have no opinions on this as yet, I'm just intrigued, and a little
> > puzzled, by it.
>
> If you want to understand that you're going to have to watch a lot
> more anime.
Please, not more: I'm getting too much Japanese in my head as it is, 
and it's muddling. :(

from Clytie (vi-VN, team/nhóm Gnome-vi)

Clytie Siddall--Renmark, in the Riverland of South Australia

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