reasons why warrior cats is, u guessed it, sexist
ok ive been seeing people get shit bc people seem to, once again, not realize that yeah warriors is sexist and hereâs just a few reasons why itâs in fact just a liiiillltttle bit (read: a lot a bit) misogynistic
the fact that female characters are more punished for forbidden romances than male characters who are in the same romance. when bluestar had kits w/ oakheart, what happened to oakheart? nothing. he became deputy and his own brother/leader knew he had violated the warrior code but did nothing. what happened to bluestar? mosskit died in front of her, she lead a lonely life, she eventually became leader yes - but her whole leadership infringes on the fact that she had no family left which lead to her depression in the first arc. in leafpool/crowfeather, absolutely no repercussions happened to crowfeather - yes, nightcloud & breezepelt were upset, but at the same time, what happened to leafpool? she lost her position as medicine cat, she was outcasted from her clan, and she lived the entire omen of the stars arc in shame for having kittens. crowfeather got a slap on the wrist compared to her, as is the case w/ bluestar.
honeyfern, sorreltail, and ferncloudâs deaths are huge ones. honeyfern died because, guess what, erin hunter wanted âan excuseâ to have death berries in camp. honeyfern was a plot device. a young female warrior who was talking about having kittens was killed off out of the huuuuuuuge cast of characters, just bc erin hunter wanted to move a plot along. sorreltail was killed off because she was too happy. brackenfur wasnât killed off, it was sorreltail. despite her having kittens in the nursery still, sorreltail was chosen to be killed off even though she was perfectly fine at the end of the last hope. ferncloud was killed off because âfans complained about her too muchâ and erin hunter didnt want to keep âa kit machineâ around.
everyone and their mother mentions this, but once again - thereâs a vast majority of male leaders compared to female ones. female deputies and leaders are very rare in wc, and it seems like minor male characters from other clans get chosen over more known and experienced female warriors. shadowclan is the biggest example - tawnypelt has been skipped over for deputy twice even though squirrelflight was chosen for deputy in thunderclan for having tawnypeltâs exact credentials (mentored apprentices & literally lead the clans on their journey) like. tigerheart, a newer and less experienced character, was chosen over her.
female deaths in the series are always more violent & are used to anguish the male characters. feathertail literally dies from a huge fall to further her brother & crowpawâs pain. silverstream dies during childbirth for no good reason even though she was perfectly healthy beforehand. honeyfern dies from a snake bite in a very brutal and agonizing death, bluestar drowns, hollyleaf bleeds out, bright stream is carried off by hawks while pregnant, storm is crushed under a falling houseâŚ..do you see where iâm going with this??
these are just a few reasons but. im so tired of people jus neglecting the fact that wc does some extremely fucked up shit w/ their female characters. it has a LOT of misogyny, get over it.
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