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smesch83 t1_iy75h3z wrote

Reddit is so male-dominated that these kind of questions often lead to guys venting against the female characters.

that being said: BBT was shitty at writing women/female characters, so I do understand if the women end up being named the worst characters.

still: I think most shows have a female "worst character", not a male one (because sexism in the writer's room) and most viewers are more annoyed with bad female characters (because sexism in the fanbase), and in the end, you can gain reddit karma easily by posting "Let's face it: In Star Trek, Beverly Crusher is even worse than her son" etc.

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Latter_Feeling2656 t1_iy7tsap wrote

I think it's pretty much universally accepted that Penny, Bernadette, and Amy were more normal, functional, and attractive than Leonard, Howard, and Sheldon, respectively, while Raj and then Stuart are presented as classic losers. A claim of misogyny can't be sustained when the premise of the show is that all of the male characters are inadequate.

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smesch83 t1_iy8arm5 wrote

I think it's like with Ross in "Friends" being the "nice guy": you can still say "the female characters are the worst characters" even when they are more accomplished or "nicer" or less controversial in-universe (...the same way people don't like "nice guy" Ross, or "nice guy" Dawson in "Dawson's Creek" etc.)

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