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We all know that [[Most Writers Are Male]]. Something like eighty percent of media aimed at children have male main characters, whereas [[Captain Obvious|half the population is female.]] Chances are, any summer blockbuster you can name revolves around a male or men in general. Men save the world, women are their [[Love Interests]]. Men are heroes, women are damsels. Stories about women are for women, stories about men are for general consumption.
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== Anime and Manga ==
* ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' is probably the most feminist anime in existence.
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* ''[[The Beyonders]]'' is an unusual variation. The primary viewpoint character/protagonist, Jason, is male. However, the secondary protagonist, Rachael, is female, and she's ''very'' [[Genre Savvy]] about the gender inequalities inherent in a [[Standard Fantasy Setting]] (or any adventure story, really) and is not only highly displeased with them, she's intent on [[Defied Trope|defying]] them. After "taking a cliff"—I.E., a huge risk—for her friends, she earns their respect massively.
** A similar theme exists in the author's previous series, ''[[Fablehaven]].'' The one of the main heroes is a girl named Kendra, and one of her allies is an elderly gentleman, Coulter Dixon, who will not willingly put a woman in danger or ask for one's help on a dangerous mission. This frustrates Kendra to no end, but as the series wears on, Coulter lightens up after seeing what Kendra (and her [[Badass Grandma]] Ruth) can do.
* Though [[C. S. Lewis]] was not a Feminist specifically (he was not an antifeminist, he was [[Quintessential British Gentleman|something,]] [[Gentleman and a Scholar|else]]), [[The Chronicles of Narnia]] tends to have females taking as active a role as male, and even if Father Christmas thinks battles are ugly when women fight, none of the heroines [[Action Girl|seem to worry much about that.]]
* ''[[Feminist Fairy Tales]]'', by Barbara G. Walker, tries to do this with her revision of traditional fairy tales into female starred ones.
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