"goat" <goat@goat.goat> wrote in message
news:1045688565.99745.0@iris.uk.clara.net...
> 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.

Ok, short hair, I really don't care one way or another about, but your
slight of small chests cannot go overlooked!  A girl doen't have to be
r4xx0r3d to be attractive or feminine.  Maya's build would be more slim or
athletic than boyish.  And, having spent alot of time around runners (my
cousin ran Cross-Country, so I knew most of the track and XC teams), I can
tell you that athleticism does not always (or even usually) mean manishness.

As far as her ability to fix things, there are few anime generalizations as
cute as the techy-geeky girl.  Now, if we could only get her to wear
glasses....