While I can totally get behind My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, as it manages to be entertaining for adults as well as children and puts forth genuine, valuable lessons in each episode, I do take issue with the subtle misandry of it.
The show provides very few positive male figures, with nearly all who do appear in speaking roles being in subservient positions or as bumbling comic relief. And, on the rare occasion one does attempt to contribute to the plot, he inevitably fails in his attempts, only to be rescued by one of the female characters.
Are there a ton of misogynistic shows out there for kids? Yep. And I take the same issue with them. I just feel as though this show, with its near-cultish male following, should rise above that. With so much emphasis placed on friendship, how about showing that boys and girls CAN be friends, and that both can bring things to the table?
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