User blog comment:Paul.rea/Teen Wolf News 102613/@comment-66.191.242.105-20131028014124/@comment-84.248.178.48-20131028214832

Msdistress here:

"Every male character on Teen Wolf has a Female counterpart who is "just as" or "more than" important to the story line."

Are you deliberately obtuse? How can every male character have a female counterpart, when the male characters outnumber the females in 3:1 ratio? It's you math that is suspect, not mine.

If we do pair all the female characters to the male characters they have the strongest bond/correspondance with, your numbers just don't add up:

Chris- Victoria

Deaton - Marin

Deucalion - Jen

Derek - Cora

Peter - Kate

Scott- Allison

Sheriff- Melissa

Jackson - Lydia

Boyd - Erica

Ennis - Kali

That leaves out Aiden, Gerard, Ethan, Finstock, Isaac, Danny, Stiles, Harris and Matt, who do not have their female counterparts, unlike you claimed. Not to mention that of those female characters in the pairings, five are dead and have not been replaced with other female characters, while of the men, only two have died (one of them being one of the few POCs on the show). So, that still leaves us with fewer women than at the beginning of the season. And because there are fewer women, with an ensamble cast they also get less screen time, so naturally the plot revolves more around the white male characters BECAUSE THERE ARE MORE OF THEM.

"You don't want to glance at the top 100 shows because there are VERY FEW that even feature a woman or person of color in the main ensemble. The few popular shows that I can think of are Scandal, Elementary, Person of Interest and Grey's Anatomy. And, while those shows have a POC in a leading role, they are usually floating alone in a sea of white."

You claimed that Jeff Davis does it better than anybody:

"You are, however, misplacing your ire onto a show that is far more diverse and positive in its representations of all sexual orientations and races than just about anything on television."

and

"If you held the entire industry to the same standard that you've applied to Jeff Davis - he still wins."

Jeff Davis clearly does not do it better than anybody. All those shows you and I mentioned do it better than TW. And the trends on the last season, killing off POCs and women while bringing in more white males sure does not strike confidence in the heart of the viewers, especially as the percentage of women and POCs (which were skewed in the first place) go down from 31% to 25%, while the percentage of white male characters goes up from 69% to 75%.

Your argument is still "most of the other shows are not doing any better than TW". That is not a valid argument. According to you, TW doesn't have to do better because almost all shows do just as badly as it does. That is intellectually dishonest.

The female fans and the fans who are POCs have every right to complain and be upset about the trends I have outlined above (as well as many other people have done elsewhere), especially since Jeff Davis likes to boast how progressive he and TW really are. He's doing great with the no homphobia clause! But when people point out the sexist and racist tendencies in his writing, instead of listening, becoming aware of his own shortcomings and trying to fix things, he claims that there is no problem and shuts down the conversation.

People are upset, and rightfully so. If they didn't give a damn about the show, they would have just shrugged and moved on. But they are making noise because they love the show and want it to be better, to do better than 95% of the current television, and to live up to the hype of a show that is free of hompphobia, racism and sexism.