User blog comment:Maybebaby83/female countries and feminism/@comment-96.48.247.28-20101010074030

I honestly, don't care what gender the characters are at all. I don't even think it's even worth arguing over, to be honest. I'm a female, and I have never cared for this feminist crap at all. Sure, females are just as awesome as men, but when it really comes down to it, it doesn't matter. They're Nations, first and foremost and I pay attention to their characters and history more than I do to their gender. It actually makes sense to me that a lot of the more powerful countries are men. Men have been perceived as stronger than women for hundreds of years, so why exactly should that change when it comes to Hetalia? That's part of our history, isn't it? Besides, some of the countries that are portrayed as male, don't really fit well as females in my opinion. Namely those Mediterranean - European countries like Italy, Spain and Greece. What's so bad about having them be stereotypical, sexy, mediterranean men? Truth is, a lot of the male characters seem to fit better as men. And a lot of the female characters, fit better as female. Nyotalia might be cute and awesome, but I myself, do prefer them as their original genders. To me, Hetalia is not sexist. Himaruya said that he didn't like drawing females in his blog, and in my opinion, he made good choices in what characters should be which gender according to the stereotypes and history of each country. And towards your comment about the females not being "larger, important countries" that's just ... stupid. All countries are important. Especially countries like Vietnam or Taiwan. Vietnam freakin kicked America's ass! Unless you're not aware of what actually went on during the Vietnam war. I'd say that she's a pretty badass character, and a very important country during the cold war.