Aspirational versus representative. Boys want to be like the hero. Girls want the hero to be like them.
The calls for representation are inherently feminine. Black boys still idolize white Batman. Little girls don’t connect with Batman because he’s not a little girl.
In the early 2000's LEGO did a large test, thousands of kids. That's where a lot of the 'girls project themselves onto the characters (mini figures)' and boys 'become the character, batman, etc' When LEGO employee activists felt that the wrong sort of people were referencing that study, they buried it. Doubling down on the 'boys and girls are exactly the same' rhetoric.
women ruining everything
I’ve seen legit female fans but they want to fill every IP. with activist females
Women change material to fit them, whereas men learn everything about the material to become the character.
Aspirational versus representative. Boys want to be like the hero. Girls want the hero to be like them.
The calls for representation are inherently feminine. Black boys still idolize white Batman. Little girls don’t connect with Batman because he’s not a little girl.
I remember reading an essay saying the same thing with boys and girls and toys
In the early 2000's LEGO did a large test, thousands of kids. That's where a lot of the 'girls project themselves onto the characters (mini figures)' and boys 'become the character, batman, etc' When LEGO employee activists felt that the wrong sort of people were referencing that study, they buried it. Doubling down on the 'boys and girls are exactly the same' rhetoric.