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Originally Posted by Atraxi
Gender, per se, doesn't have much of an influence on what type of horror someone watches. This is actually a problematic question as it is extremely heteronormative.
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It kind of is (and I say this as someone who definitely do not fit into the heteronormative box in any way - trust me LOL), but all of us, male or female, are influenced by what we are taught, even if these things aren't a natural part of our psyche. I am not suggesting that woman, by nature, do not like horror movies, but I am suggesting that a lot of them have been raised and influenced in a way that will make a great number of woman dislike it. Hope that makes sense...
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Originally Posted by Atraxi
It's also important to remember that the plural of anecdotal isn't data so just because a lot of the women you've met don't enjoy horror, it doesn't mean it applies to the larger population.
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That is of course true, and also - a lot of people tend to say what they think it expected of them, because "we" all want to fit in. This is true for women AND men.
If we have been programmed to think that certain things are not manly or ladylike, we will often pretend not to do them or like them even if that's not really the truth - well, I wouldn't, but a lot of people would. We might even assume that these stereotypes are true without doing our own "research".
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Originally Posted by Atraxi
The way women are treated in horror is ridiculous, problematic, formulaic and unoriginal- this holds true no matter what your gender, it's all the way you think and your preference.
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Well, to be honest... I don't think that torturing a man or chopping him into little pieces is in any way better than raping a woman (I'm not saying that's what you think, btw). There are certain movies of the torture porn kind that I personally do not enjoy watching, but my limits are my limits no matter what the genders of the characters are.
However if someone DOES enjoy that type of movies, well, then it's still only acting after all, and I think that if brutality towards women is not to be accepted but it's ok if it's done to a man - not only is that very far from "equal rights", but it's also kind of labelling women as "the weaker sex that needs protection".
Just my opinion of course... I actually find this conversation really interesting :)