No. I understand you 100%. I love hating on male ML and personally. I call them bitches all the time. But I hate when the ladies are called bitches. I’m sorta a hypocrite tho cause I call everyone bitches but I only mean it to male ML. Never do I mean it to a fine little lady, it’s just my go-to word
Right?! I understand calling everyone bitches but like the amount of female leads getting called every name known to man kind for just liking a guy is insane. I was reading this one novel adaption and i finally caught up and the most liked comment was “I dropped this after the love triangle. I just hate annoying bitches.” The worst part was, the female interests weren’t in many chapters and seemed relatively likable so it’s just insane. I never really see that for guys unless it’s a valid reason
I mean I’ve never called them that or ever like thought it unless like they are a piece of trash like 100% but only in my head yk but its the same for the MLs if they are the same but for the most part I just say that the FL is annoying or just doesn’t have chemistry with the characters
Idk if it’s a reach but it just seems misogynistic at least to me. They could be joking but I DONT THEY WHERE
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no you're so so so right. I've noticed ts a lot too, & like I get having a problem w harems or overtly sexualised female love interests, but recently I was reading an action manhwa w a male mc & his love interest was a perfectly well written character, she wasn't annoying or bitchy AT ALL, & her involvement made perfect sense for the plot. even then I saw tons of comments bashing her & were whining about how there was no need for romance. which is.... crazy???? & ik for a fact that if the roles were switched & we had a female mc, nobody would be complaining about the romance. & yeah you're right, deep down it does feel rooted in misogyny, internalised misogyny actually, which is rly sad.
I don’t know if maybe it’s just me, but it’s so disheartening to see people call love interests for male main characters bitches or something similar. It feels so ugly even if the characters are annoying. I know they’re not real but wow. It’s such an odd thing especially when it’s a female main character, male leads aren’t as hated. I mean at worst they get called scum but it’s usually always justifiable. I don’t know though it could just be me. (づ￣ ³￣)づ