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Discussion of the Mutant Enemy series, Firefly, the ensuing movie Serenity, and other projects in that universe. Like the other show threads, anything broadcast in the US is fine; spoilers are verboten and will be deleted if found.
[...] Of course, a lot of that is military, but I think the military is a male defined culture. [...]
"Male defined culture." This phrase has got to be comment bait. What are the "female defined" contemporary cultures?
(That's a question, not a poke.)
Now that I stop to think, I wonder what military Zoe's family might have been from, if any. Was her Mom a military lady?
What are the "female defined" contemporary cultures?
I have no idea, but they are probably closer to the earth.
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This phrase has got to be comment bait. What are the "female defined" contemporary cultures?
See? This is why I don't like talking about this stuff. Any gender generalizing always gets hammered.
I'm sorry though, I do think the military is defined by "male" (though I'm not being essentialist - I'm talking historically, socially) codes of behavior.
Frankenbuddha is a bad buddha.
Also? A funny buddha.
So I'm inclined to chalk it up to his farm experience.
Probably a good bet.
People who grew up farming, in my experience, which granted is basically limited to my mother and her sisters, have certain qualities that can be seen in Mal.
People who grew up farming, in my experience, which granted is basically limited to my mother and her sisters, have certain qualities that can be seen in Mal.
Like what?
Like what?
Said the man who grew up on a farm.
Said the man who grew up on a farm.
Well, I don't see Mal liking penguins, or driving an old car....
Well, I don't see Mal liking penguins, or driving an old car....
Well, I'd Serenity is the equivalent of an old car (though Mal's not really the driver most of the time).
And penguins are funnier than space monkeys, so who knows.
Any gender generalizing always gets hammered.
Hammered is one thing -- getting everyone on the same semantic page is more how I saw that question.
I'm guessing the word "cultures" is being used on a smallish scale, to define the characteristics of interaction in environments dominated by one gender or the other, as opposed to a country-wide thing.