Comment on The Naruto sexism Discourse we've had is directed at the wrong places.
ReluctantZen@feddit.nl 2 days ago
I’ve never watched a single episode of Naruto, so I’m only going off your post here.
Yes, in-universe it is going against societal norms, but by going along with real-life societal norms. That matters. What is the message there?
Having your women be on equal footing with the men in terms of career path only to then have them follow real-life patriarchal standards as a way of “going against societal norms” seems… odd. It essentially reinforces real-life patriarchal standards in that way.
I don’t think you can always view a story purely in its own context. The mangaka created that universe in the context of the real word and his beliefs. He has control over what their universe looks like and how going against the norm looks like. Here it does sound based on less-than-stellar views on women (which was more common at the time).
FermiComics@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
the thing is that in context most of the men also leave combat roles for the most the most part. It is shown through out the story multipule times that living for violence and fighting is terrible and for the few characters who remain in combat roles it is shown in the sequal that them still being fighters astranges them from their loved ones.