History Main / SlidingScaleofGenderInEquality

* ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' may fit here: although most of the characters are men, the few female characters that exist are very strong personalities and in Galadriel's case, quite powerful. This probably explains why Arwen is written to be significantly more badass in the first film, although she suffers from Chickification later on.

* ''Anime/YuGiOhArcV'' has brought back many fans to the franchise, one of the main reasons hoeing is how well handled girls are in the series. To summarize you get a main girl who not just gets as much development as the protagonist, she is a pivotal part of the plot, and is involved in a good number of duels won under her sleeve, a rival for the main girl with '''''more''''' focus than her school duelist comrades, a mother who supports, inspires and duels sense into his son, a {{Foil}} for the main girl who develops a bond with her and [[spoiler: defects the enemy's side]] because of it, '''''and''''' there seems to be another two girls with promising potential as well, even better while their duels did start up with the DesignatedGirlFight on play, even this has been averted from some time now, with them dueling mostly other male characters as well, '''''and''''' winning. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, this fell short in the later arcs as all the girls were quickly set aside due to the a lot of new characters introduced every episode. Then they all turned into DamselInDistress for nearly the latter half. Rin and Ruri, despite their impressive showing in their duels, were quickly cast aside after all the hype they got, much to the fanbase's anger.]]

* In the first half of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', you have Aki, a well-developed ActionGirl that serves as the female lead, and IntrepidReporter {{Love Interest|s}} of Jack, Carly, who is a strong-willed girl and fulfills her reputation as a DarkActionGirl. Sadly, due to a case of RealLifeWritesThePlot, the two aren’t given as much focus after the second half of 5Ds, but Aki continues to get some moments during then, even outside of duels.

** ''Literature/FoundationSeries'': The first stories published in the series contain zero female characters. Later books in the series do include [[TheSmurfette at least one woman]], including female protagonists in "Literature/TheMule" and "Literature/SearchForTheFoundation". Characters remain mostly masculine, even in the books published by other authors.

* ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has a 2:2 ratio between male and female main characters for most of its run, though it varies from arc to arc. In every version of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}''--the novels, manga, TV series, movies, and [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVAs]]--the protagonist is an extraordinarily powerful young woman. No one seems to think it odd for a woman to have adventures within the setting, either.

* ''LightNovel/{{Baccano}}'', despite being a gangster anime set primarily in the 1930s, actually seems to treat its female characters very well--female characters are allowed in roles about as diverse as the male characters, and some are very capable fighters, who can and do stand up to the men.

* A world in ''[[LightNovel/CrestOfTheStars Banner of the Stars]]'' is gender-segregated, being a prison planet after all. There is a part where men and women are allowed to live together...but they must be sterilized beforehand.
* Two islands in ''Manga/FrankenFran'' have been divided by gender since about WW II (they reproduce by cloning but by the present day they both know that they can't sustain themselves for much longer). After an initial honeymoon period [[spoiler: they're so prejudiced, socially/emotionally stunted to the opposite sex, and hyper-aggressive they annihilate each other within a week. ''One'' baby was produced/survived and it's a hermaphrodite]].

* Website/ThatGuyWithTheGlasses. While still a bit of a sausagefest, everyone loves [[SlapstickKnowsNoGender fighting]], everyone has varying levels of intelligence, and everyone's a lunatic.

* Various(FeministFantasy´s)fall here.

* A lot of Shonen franchises will fall here, due in part to as the name suggests, the demographic being mostly teenaged boys.

* Various(FeministFantasy)fall here.

* Many '''Not to be confused with HaremGenre''' series these days fall here but only if [[GirlPowered only the girls can gain powers]].

* This is common in various modern "ecchi"-series, if [[GirlPowered only the girls can gain powers]].

* Almost all Ecchi series ,in which only woman can gain superpowers, fall on this level.

* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' generally belongs here, with interspersed glimpses of the next level here and there. There are a lot of capable male and female warriors (whether Huntsmen or otherwise) on each side, although the main four are all girls, and the pilot saw [[TheHeroine Ruby Rose]] easily dispatching an all-male mook squad then putting Roman Torchwick on defensive until he was rescued by [[DarkActionGirl Cinder]]. In the preceding Yellow Trailer, [[BoisterousBruiser Yang Xiao Long]], the older half-sister of Ruby, also punched Junior's gangsters all around his nightclub, with only [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority Junior himself]] and the Malachite twin sisters -- his BodyguardBabes duo -- posing a somewhat real challenge to her. Subsequent episodes and volumes, however, took a more gender-balanced approach, with the secondary team of four being (at least in the beginning) a GenderEqualEnsemble, and a number of supporting characters of both sexes were introduced and proven to be as efficient in combat. In summary, Remnant societies may have tensions along a number of lines such as [[FantasticRacism racial]] or [[SlobsVersusSnobs class]], but all of them, for the most part, have moved past gender prejudices. Understandable since they have to fend off [[AnimalisticAbomination the Grimm]] with every fighter available lest humans get overwhelmed by them, and any human -- or [[LittleBitBeastly Faunus]], -- regardless of their sex[=/=]gender, may have a [[PersonalityPowers Semblance]] that turns out to be handy in this struggle.

* Used in ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' to justify its CastFullOfGay.

* Used in ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' to justify its CastFullOfGay.

* ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'' games: In contrast to ''Samurai Warriors'' (see below), ''Basara'' only has ''eight'' playable female characters who have less significant roles in the story with the exception of Oichi, Ii Naotora, and possibly the GenderFlip Saika Magoichi. Considering that the game took place in the 1500s, [[NeverASelfMadeWoman it’s justified]]. But once the developers made it clear that they wouldn't be adding more female playable characters in Sanada Yukimura’s spinoff game, it made players think that the franchise is gearing itself toward the yaoi fandom with a CastFullOfPrettyBoys, which made it detrimental for the franchise to slide further to the “Know Your Place, Women” level.

* ''VideoGame/SamuraiWarriors'': In contrast to ''VideoGame/SengokuBasara'', ''Warriors'' has ''fourteen'' female playable characters as of ''Samurai Warriors: The Spirit of Sanada'' and the recent games have individual storylines for some of them (such as Koshosho, Lady Hayakawa and Gracia Hosokawa). Unlike ''Dynasty Warriors'', several female characters do make contributions on the battlefield and they have female {{Mooks}} who are guarding them. However, in history, the women of the UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod rarely played significant roles except a few (such as Kai, Ii Naotora, Gracia among others) which is why their storylines in the games are mostly fictional. With ''Samurai Warriors 5'' being a SoftReboot, most of the characters are cut off meaning there are only four female characters (No, Oichi, Sena, and Mitsuki) who are playable.

!There Are No Women

!Whores, Whores, Whores…

!Know Your Place, Woman!

!Men Are More Equal

!Almost Perfect Equality

!Women Are Better Than Men

!Can't Stand Men, Can't Live Without Them

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!Men? What Men?

* ''Wiki/SCPFoundation'': Some of the sanest researchers are female, the named cast of researchers is increasingly gender-equal, and the plethora of evil {{Eldritch Abomination}}s they have contained are about even in gender as well. The RedShirtArmy is the exception, as it is composed of convicted felons considered [[WeHaveReserves expendable]] and, in RealLife, male convicted criminals do outnumber women in many countries. Field Agents, while often unnamed, are usually both mixed in gender and in race. Their WellIntentionedExtremist counterpart, the Global Occult Coalition, have only gotten fleshed out in-story but so far have stayed at this level. In a universe with BlackAndGrayMorality and this much Nightmare Fuel under every rock, gender is a sidenote.

* Played lightly in ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. More than half of the original team were female (including the [[CoolPet dinosaur]]), and, unlike the males, actually had superpowers. Of the original two males, one was self-admittedly dumb and the other [[spoiler: was revealed to be TheMole]]. While both guys on the team are now generally competent and likable, it's the girls who do the heavy lifting and make the decisions. Even the Gender-Neutral character is physically female most of the time.

* A lot of Shonen franchises will fall here, due in part to as the name suggests, the demographic is assumed to be mostly teenaged boys.

* ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'': Inklings and Octolings of both genders can participate in Turf Wars and ranked battles. While usually depicted as female, Agents 3, 4, and 8 can be male or female and kick just as much ass regardless. Callie, Marie, Pearl, and Marina are {{Idol Singer}}s by day, but double as {{Action Girl}}s when the going gets tough. The two most prominent male characters, Cap'n Cuttlefish and DJ Octavio, are highly competent strategists and military commanders (as dotty as the former seems initially). All in all, the series favors women slightly more than men but does a very good job of portraying the two as equals.

* Tex from ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'': Oh my lord Tex, one of the only female characters is also one the [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Most. Badass. Characters.]] EVER; just take a look at [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ke9wtbzGjCI this]] (she's the one in black armour).

* ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.

* The Asari from ''Franchise/MassEffect'' do ''technically'' fall into this, being a race of BlueSkinnedSpaceBabe, being all biologically female, not requiring a male (or even one of their own species) to procreate, and having the most advanced tech and most graceful architecture in the galaxy. In addition, they all have biotic powers and have a natural life span of around one thousand years (barring injury, illness, or death, of course) and in general are viewed as wise, peaceful beings. Although, since there is no (and never was a) male counterpart to the asari, it's argued that they are "genderless" (but just happen to fit all the traits of a human female). However, they are also stereotyped as the sex objects of the universe. Every species known is attracted to them, they are considered naturally beautiful and adept to sexual promiscuity, there are asari strippers everywhere, and many of the important asari characters show off skin or boobs. So, in short, they fit both the tropes of the StrawFeminist utopia ''and'' women as sexual objects.

* Creator/MarvelComics character [[http://marvel.wikia.com/Thundra_(Earth-715) Thundra]] comes from a future where men and women are in a state of war and use artificial methods of procreation. Her daughter, Lyra, (born in vitro with use of [[ComicBook/IncredibleHulk Hulk's]] cells) gets a little {{Retcon}} of this: Her world is set AfterTheEnd, where women created an advanced society while men degenerated into a bunch of wild tribes who worship old superheroes as gods.

* ''Literature/TheEyeOfArgon'' has this, though [[YouKeepUsingThatWord the men are sluts too.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Splatoon}}'': Inklings and Octolings of both genders can participate in Turf Wars and ranked battles. Agents 3, 4, and 8 can be male or female and kick just as much ass regardless. Callie, Marie, Pearl, and Marina are {{Idol Singer}}s by day, but double as {{Action Girl}}s when the going gets tough. The two most prominent male characters, Cap'n Cuttlefish and DJ Octavio, are highly competent strategists and military commanders (as dotty as the former seems initially). All in all, the series favors women slightly more than men but does a very good job of portraying the two as equals.