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== Literature ==

** As a twist, the Dwarf femininity issue is presented as ''cultural'' rather than sexist. It is simply considered un-Dwarfish and none seem to have a problem interacting with women of other races. A few dwarfs obliquely refer to the fact that dwarvish culture can look odd to humans, and they have no expectation that another culture to follow their rules... [[Take That|unlike humans]].

* [[Peter Pan]] believes one girl in Neverland is worth twenty boys, as they're much too clever to fall out of their prams and be sent there naturally.

* In the ''[[Honor Harrington]]'' series, the convention is for individuals to use their own gender as a generic pronoun, unless there is some indication otherwise. Many characters still, however default to "men".

 

* ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' - slayers are always female, implying that only women are able to have qualities necessary to save the world from demons. In Season 7, it is revealed that the origin of Slayers is that {{spoiler|three men infused an ordinary girl with demonic powers, against her will}}. The question of why a girl (and not an adult woman, or a man, or a boy) is not raised, but it's suggested that {{spoiler|they chose a girl as someone that was easy to manipulate for their own purposes.}}

* ''[[Charmed]]'' played this straight at first as it seemed like only women could be witches. It's even mentioned by the grandmother that the entire Halliwell family line has all been female. An episode where the sisters meet their ancestor, they are taught about the "strength and power of women". Not witches or even humans, women, implying that only females have strength and power worth celebrating. They subverted this in the fifth season where the Chosen Child Piper was carrying turned out to be a boy, rather than a girl as expected. From the fifth season onwards, male witches appeared regularly on the show.

 

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