I was writing a deep and thoughtful comment here. LJ hates me.
Anyhow, yes. It irks me that we have this sort of thing, we have Ripley (who basically had the same process), they're sympathetic and believable...and yet writers and producers keep shoving estrogen-based characters down our throats.
Growing up female has probably had an influence on me, sure. So has being a writer, a pagan, a gamer, a white person, a short person, Californian, carnivorous, and so on. There are a billion factors that make up a person, and sex is *one*--and a pretty irrelevant one in a lot of settings. Honestly, I can think of maybe three where it's not fundamentally meaningless: if I'm on my period (which is not, contrary to what certain stupid soppy women think, a Definitive Feminine Experience and My Connection to the Goddess, but rather a minor and far-too-frequent inconvenience), if I'm pregnant, and if I'm dating. All three are physical rather than emotional: the first two are things I have to deal with, while, in the third, my sex and preference means I'm looking for straight dudes. No more.
At work, or when I'm shooting zombies, or pretty much any other time in my life? Not a factor.
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Anyhow, yes. It irks me that we have this sort of thing, we have Ripley (who basically had the same process), they're sympathetic and believable...and yet writers and producers keep shoving estrogen-based characters down our throats.
Growing up female has probably had an influence on me, sure. So has being a writer, a pagan, a gamer, a white person, a short person, Californian, carnivorous, and so on. There are a billion factors that make up a person, and sex is *one*--and a pretty irrelevant one in a lot of settings. Honestly, I can think of maybe three where it's not fundamentally meaningless: if I'm on my period (which is not, contrary to what certain stupid soppy women think, a Definitive Feminine Experience and My Connection to the Goddess, but rather a minor and far-too-frequent inconvenience), if I'm pregnant, and if I'm dating. All three are physical rather than emotional: the first two are things I have to deal with, while, in the third, my sex and preference means I'm looking for straight dudes. No more.
At work, or when I'm shooting zombies, or pretty much any other time in my life? Not a factor.
/rant.