# "My Little Pony": The most sexist show on TV? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 4, 2014, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-the-most-sexist-show-on-tv/685375 "2014-04-04T21:25:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Tabby\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Tabby\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tabby_Cat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-the-most-sexist-show-on-tv/685375/81 "2014-04-11T01:20:56Z")
> [@robert\_columbia](#): > > She’s a tomboy, a girl who has some stereotypical masculine mannerisms or interests. But she’s definitely a girl. Some shippers (well, most shippers, lol) treat her as a lesbian. She’s not? I mean, she has _rainbow_ right in her name, come on. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2014, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-the-most-sexist-show-on-tv/685375/82 "2014-04-11T04:59:28Z")
> [@Tabby\_Cat](#): > > She’s not? I mean, she has _rainbow_ right in her name, come on. As if shippers need an excuse. Actually, if you consider the sociodynamic implications of the observed gender disparity, and the instinctive impulse toward the formation of mare herds, it seems plausible that pony sexual mores would be considerably different from many of ours. Our categories might not even make sense in pony context. And I think I’ll stop right there. ---
**Author:** ![hargsbooks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/97f17d/32.png) [@hargsbooks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hargsbooks)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-the-most-sexist-show-on-tv/685375/83 "2016-02-10T20:02:04Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Uhhh, no. I’m an unabashed grown-up MLP fan (though I’m a she and grew up with MLP, fwiw). There are multiple male characters (some of whom were mentioned already), like Spike (who I think you’re referring to, but isn’t a pet but a personal assistant); the Prince and Big Mac (both are older brothers of two of the main characters); the best recurring villain/trickster, Discord (voiced by Q!); multiple one-episode roles; and secondary characters like the above mentioned Dr. Whooves and (my fave!) [Bulk Biceps](http://mlp.wikia.com/wiki/Bulk_Biceps). > > Are the majority of characters female? Yeah. And? Have you actually paid attention to almost every other show out there? There’s a reason [TV Tropes has a page on “The Smurfette Principle”](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheSmurfettePrinciple) My guess is that you haven’t noticed that because you’re likely a guy (going by username) and it’s the cultural norm. So no, one of the relatively few shows that does the reverse isn’t “the most sexist show”. Im a (HE) and I have two children age 2 to 4 1 female 1 male. This show isnt necessarily sexist but it does not reflect any male ive ever known in my life. All male characters are either evil or talk like the guys from bill and teds excellent adventure. excluding spike which is actually voiced by a female (go figure). I have seen all seasons and most of the movies, and i had to make my daughter quit watching the show because she thinks all guys are bad or on the spectrum of autism due to this show. Guarantee if i made my little brony, and had all females only cooking dinner and cleaning houses and sounded like ditzy strippers maybe women might understand. apparently sexism only exists for women. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-the-most-sexist-show-on-tv/685375/84 "2016-02-10T20:35:08Z")
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**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-the-most-sexist-show-on-tv/685375/85 "2016-02-10T22:34:43Z")
Lamia: > [@](#): > > IIRC, SpongeBob Squarepants has a main cast that’s almost entirely male, with the exception of the squirrel Sandy. And Pearl, and Mrs. Puff, and Karen. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2016, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-the-most-sexist-show-on-tv/685375/86 "2016-02-10T22:44:51Z")
> [@hargsbooks](#): > > i had to make my daughter quit watching the show because she thinks all guys are bad or on the spectrum of autism due to this show. My daughter explained why one of the ponies should marry Big McIntosh; she had no doubt that one of 'em _in general_ should, because he’s awesome – but she had reasons why one of 'em _in particular_ would be perfect for the guy, and I couldn’t disagree. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-little-pony-the-most-sexist-show-on-tv/685375.md?page=4)