Quotes

So, this is the second post in one day, but the first was really short and I didn't think of this until now. I'm going to post some quotes that I happen to like. Finally I have a place to write these down!

Men are taught to apologize for their weaknesses, women for their strengths. ~Lois Wyse
Women are not inherently passive or peaceful. We're not inherently anything but human. ~Robin Morgan
Many beautiful women have been made happy by their own beauty, but no intelligent woman has ever been made happy by her own intelligence. ~Mignon McLaughlin
The little rift between the sexes is astonishingly widened by simply teaching one set of catchwords to the girls and another to the boys. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Men define intelligence, men define usefulness, men tell us what is beautiful, men even tell us what is womanly. ~Sally Kempton
Feminism is hated because women are hated. Anti-feminism is a direct expression of misogyny; it is the political defense of women hating.
Andrea Dworkin
The emotional, sexual, and psychological stereotyping of females begins when the doctor says, "It's a girl."
~ Shirley Chisholm

I didn't go through any great effort to standardize the formatting. But those are a few of the quotes I like. Specifically, quotes relating to feminism. I have others relating to other things.

Zelda

So, today I was watching my sisters play Zelda for a little bit, and I was reminded of my opinion that Zelda games are extremely sexist. I feel that it is necessary to point this sort of thing out, so as to weaken its power of influence over you. Even when I'm met with groans and complaints for doing so. Nonetheless, I continue in hope that I have some small degree of influence in doing so. And even if I don't, I feel that I am morally obligated to do so.

So, back to Zelda. First of all, the whole thing is about a man having to save a weak, powerless woman. That's basically the theme of all the games. If you don't think that's sexist, consider how extremely unlikely it would be that someone could find a game with the roles reversed. Link, moreover, is valued for his athleticism and intelligence, whereas Zelda is valued only for her appearance and well-mannered behavior.

It portrays women as weak, powerless, and generally inferior to men. It portrays what is unfortunately a pervading view throughout our culture, which is that women are essentially decorative objects and that men are the ones who are really good for anything. That's basically the gist of it.