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Originally Posted by Vexx
The funny thing is... I was given that game with that cover as a child and distinctly remember looking at the box one day and wondering why the women weren't playing as well.... small epiphanies at age 10 in 1967. Also the year Star Trek first aired and we encountered the idea of women astronauts. Also... apparently only "white folk" played games going by the covers of most games of the time.
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At that time too in Japan men were working and women, grandparents and children stayed at home watching TV.
For this you would also have to include Japanese media in general, not just animation. But if commercial animation (not comics), is done mostly by guys, even when it is supposed to be for female audience, then gender is an issue.
Considering that in Japan, in contrast to China and Korea, women had more freedom throughout history since they were not that much influenced by Confucianism (eg Chinese women had foot bindings) and that many Chinese and Korean revolutionary women found refuge in Japan, I would say that anime supposed to represent medieval Japanese culture, does give a false impression.
For the rest of anime it would be better to say to what kind of audience it is made.