It's just one of those things. not to be sexist or anything but if you look at mainstream media...there is always a male hero or lead character. The heroes back in the old days were always men, i.e. knights, police officers, military, etc. Plus it's just easier for people to identify with.
Mind you - if you go back further in history - there were women hero's as well...
Look at the Irish Grannaie...(SP?????)
How bout the English Boudica
Cleopatra?
Queen Elizabeth the first...
So, yes maybe the knights were men, but there were women hero's as well, who had brains in their heads, instead of the brawn...
I find it funny that at one piont, women were equal to men...before Christainity came into being, and now women are just getting to be equal again to men????? It definetly says something about our society.
And Marion - i am not racist either (far from it - i enjoy learning of other cultures...) but i hear you on the traditionalist thing...it would be hard to picture an elf as anything but caucasion...
Maybe i am too traditional as well. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
