"My Little Pony": The most sexist show on TV?

[Tabby_Cat]

@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.

[Balance]

@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.

[hargsbooks]

@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.

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” 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.

[Lemur866]

:dubious:

[cmkeller]

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.

[The_Other_Waldo_Pepper]

@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.