Rules Update Racism, Misogyny, Homophobia Have Been Banned

[Tefka]

We did it guys we saved the internet.

I just banned racism, homophobia, and misogyny.

Link for the lazy: https://www.starwarsrp.net/ams/roleplay-rules.2906/


If you dont like this thread, I hate to think what your family/friends might think of you.


*This does not extend to xenophobia. Hatred of aliens is still acceptable and non-cancellable.

 

[Joy]

yay

 

[Djonas Vile]

Huh. Interesting it took this long.

 

[Corazona von Ascania]

“3. You may not portray rape, prostitution, pedophilia, racism, misogyny, homophobia etc. in any form.”

Serious question and I promise I’m not trying to kick an anthill - I’ve been writing a planetary culture that’s a hardcore patriarchy. There are obvious elements of misogyny to this, can I no longer portray this ICly?

 

[Jack Sandrow]

I was under the assumption that rule 4 covered those, but i am very glad to see that we are explicitly stating it.

 

[A Phoenix]

Banning misogyny seems like it will be very hard to do completely. The Galactic Empire was misogynist. While I agree that a single character with extreme or seemingly random misogyny should be eliminated, a patriarchal society is often misogynist and being a female character who over comes that is powerful. Being a male character who thinks a woman shouldn’t hold certain roles due to the society they are brought up in is not hateful in nature it is ignorance. I think societal misogyny is something that can be worked around but using it as an inflammatory trait just to stir things up should be banned

 

[Onrai]

Inquiry: does this mean the matriarchies of the Dathomir witch clans/Nightsisters and the Hapan government are no longer able to be RPed?

 

[A Phoenix]

Onrai Misogyny is specifically targeted towards female. We can be as man-hating as we want!!!

 

[Vora Kaar]

Damn. I guess I can't finish Vora's diary IC.

 

[Corbin Vasher]

family/friends

What are those?

 

[Sycorax Laveaux]

Serious question and I promise I'm not trying to kick an anthill - I've been writing a planetary culture that's a hardcore patriarchy. There are obvious elements of misogyny to this, can I no longer portray this ICly?

I think societal misogyny is something that can be worked around but using it as an inflammatory trait just to stir things up should be banned

I would hope this is the case, seeing as I am in the middle of a long running story arc dealing with gender inequality in the Alliance/the passing of a law to prohibit discrimination based on sex. There are those of us who use these elements only as storytelling tools, not with the intent to harm or just be edgy.

 

[Corbin Vasher]

Also, does alien xenophobia count as racism? Bc that's kind of a big type within Start Wars. The Empire itself was largely against any race that wasn't human or near-human. And many species are arrogant and look down on others, like Sith Purebloods for example.

 

[Kitter Bitters]

He said xenophobia was fine.

Do we need to edit past threads or is this just moving forward? I think I had a character whose parents hated her for her lifestyle so I can edit that out.

 

[Caesar Kryze]

The rulers of Hapes suddenly very relieved that misandry got missed

 

[Ham Salad]

 

[Ducha Relina Zhan]

Glances at the canonical Hapan Constitution and how it bans men from assuming the throne in their own right and files her nails

 

[Tefka]

I get how some of you are saying its ruining ur stories but I honestly dont see how or why and i feel like im a pretty intuitive dude.

Your character trait is just, I hate women? Like, all women. Not specific women, which is not misogyny. All women.

What Star Wars character in any form of media suffers from this trait?

Why did you pick women? Why not LGBT?

If anyone finds a Star Wars character in literature, comics, or movies, that supports a misogyny claim I’ll maybe rescind the ruling, but I very strongly doubt it.

 

[Tefka]

As for misandry and Hapes and the “reverse the roles” argument, lol, I feel ya. Maybe in 3024. We aint there yet.

 

[Vora Kaar]

I get how some of you are saying its ruining ur stories but I honestly dont see how or why and i feel like im a pretty intuitive dude.

Your character trait is just, I hate women? Like, all women. Not specific women, which is not misogyny. All women.

What Star Wars character in any form of media suffers from this trait?

Why did you pick women? Why not LGBT?

If anyone finds a Star Wars character in literature, comics, or movies, that supports a misogyny claim I’ll maybe rescind the ruling, but I very strongly doubt it.

Honestly, sarcasm on my part

Yes I wrote a character that made multiple misogynistic view points, in some IC written blogs some years back, and I continued to write the character as such because it wasn't "subtle Nazi/German" that you see so often with Imperial based factions

It's not what makes the character happen or exist. It shouldnt be. Blatant usage of the context of hating any kind of group as "this is why my character is an nerf herder, and he's cool cus of it" isnt something I like to see.

Using bad contexts of how the person reacts to the situation is what makes it "acceptable" when writing a story. Otherwise, the story is just. I have red saber, and you have one of the other colors of the rainbow. So now we have to fight.

id rather see a story about a woman overcoming misogynistic/xenophobic/hate while also kicking ass. Not another Michael bay film.

Edit: mind you, these things said or done to a writer? Yes banned. Done IC to make a good story? No. It's what makes a good story. Having to overcome hardships. Be it physically, mentally, or spiritually.

 

[Tefka]

I’m still not buying it and probably wont until I see Star Wars examples of it.

Crazy how a fandom can exist for 50 years with countless publications of books, comics, television and movies and still not have a clear example of a character who used the hatred of women as a character trait.