Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-98.231.46.205-20151112031449/@comment-13022928-20180104162957

Poppy13 wrote: You are forgetting that The 100 takes place hundreds of years in the future from now. The perception many have today of women, can change, as they always have. The world has changed a lot in the last 100 years alone. For example, many once thought the political opinion of women to be unworthy of the vote, but now they have it. The idea of a woman running for President was once laughable, but lo and behold, one nearly won.

The society that The 100 lives in has continued to adapt to idea that women are just as valuable as leaders, and warriors. There are many women who were warriors and politicians throughout the entirety of history. It's not just about strength, it is about skill and strategy. Even what looks like a weaker man, could defeat anyone stronger in strength if they are strategic enough.

The characters of the show have simply continued to adapt to the idea of not judging women simply because they are women, but by skill. It is not insane to think of women being leaders. They are many in power today. It's not the 18th century now, and it certainly isn't by the time of The 100.

No, it is not unrealistic in the way you say. The show has many moments where it is, but women leading and fighting well is not one of them. You obviously have a problem with that concept, as many do, but screaming feminism and talking about the way things were hundreds of years ago because you don't like it and want more men leading, will not prove any point. First off it hasn't been a hundreds of years on the show. The teens came down to earth 97 years after the first apocalyptic event. So realistically I don't believe that society would change so drastically in 97 years. Yes we have made great strides in the past couple decades with women equality, but women are still not treated equally. For this very reason I don't believe that all leaders would be women in just 97 years. The show did right with the arkers making it believable and equal. However on the grounder side it is really unrealistic. The only male grounders we've seen are Roan and Tristan, but Tristan doesn't really count sense he only lasted three episodes. It's fine to have strong women leaders, but you still have to balance it out or you risk losing a demographic of viewers.