Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!kibo.news.demon.net!demon!mephistopheles.news.clara.net!newspeer.clara.net!news.clara.net!iris.uk.clara.net From: "goat" Newsgroups: japan.anime.evangelion,rec.arts.anime.misc Subject: Gay stereotypes in Evangelion. Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:02:36 -0000 Lines: 16 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 X-Complaints-To: abuse@clara.net (please include full headers) X-Trace: e1e0313c4340340a373536502033e022e2d03324f33422048e1220343e53f0f5 NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2003 21:02:45 +0000 Message-ID: <1045688565.99745.0@iris.uk.clara.net> Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org japan.anime.evangelion:4029 Has anyone else noticed that the homosexual characters (Maya and Kaoru) are look and portrayed in a stereotypical way?? Maya is butch and boyish looking (short hair, flat chest, she dresses like a guy too). She knows a lot about how to fix things and her voice is almost gruff for a woman. I wasnt surprised to read that we later find out that she is a lesbian - she looks like a dyke. Kaoru is drawn to look effeminate, he acts camp, likes 'arty' things (eg classical music), makes blatant come-ons to Shinji, minces around and has what I can only call a "faggy" voice. Do the writers and character disigners have no better way to show that these people are gay without resorting to all these crappy cliches??