Personally I can't be arsed with either shipping or 'who would win in a fight' threads. I find both equally uninteresting. ;)
As for sexism... there is some on the book forums, yes, but it certainly doesn't usually come from the same people who express some of the rather distasteful political views that you get on General Chatter, at least not for the last few years. They're different species of troll, and I would know. :p The number of boarders who regularly post in both areas is small.
The sexism on the book forums tends to come from teenage boys mostly, and rightly or wrongly, I don't expect them to know any better. I think in their case it stems from the simple fact that they find characters like Sansa, Dany and Cat boring and are unable or unwilling to relate to them.
There's more to it, of course. There are, for example, the female boarders who hate these characters. Often this comes from what you might term 'internalised prejudice': the worst kind, in my opinion. Much less prevalent but more worrying.
Still, the amount of sexism isn't that bad, comparatively.
On Tyrion/Sansa, btw, one boarder has the following in his sig:
"I think I have officially become a Sansa/Shagga shipper now... of course, that would mean Shagga stepping in and taking what Tyrion is rightfully entitled to recieve (Sansa's maidenhead)... so it does sadden me a little..."
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As for sexism... there is some on the book forums, yes, but it certainly doesn't usually come from the same people who express some of the rather distasteful political views that you get on General Chatter, at least not for the last few years. They're different species of troll, and I would know. :p The number of boarders who regularly post in both areas is small.
The sexism on the book forums tends to come from teenage boys mostly, and rightly or wrongly, I don't expect them to know any better. I think in their case it stems from the simple fact that they find characters like Sansa, Dany and Cat boring and are unable or unwilling to relate to them.
There's more to it, of course. There are, for example, the female boarders who hate these characters. Often this comes from what you might term 'internalised prejudice': the worst kind, in my opinion. Much less prevalent but more worrying.
Still, the amount of sexism isn't that bad, comparatively.
On Tyrion/Sansa, btw, one boarder has the following in his sig:
"I think I have officially become a Sansa/Shagga shipper now...
of course, that would mean Shagga stepping in and taking what Tyrion is rightfully entitled to recieve (Sansa's maidenhead)... so it does sadden me a little..."
*shudders*