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\\\"I\\\'m guessing you\\\'re referring to the whole passive/active attributes as a theory. Some attributes are achievements thus won by the character through their actions, others are granted to the character by forces outside of their control thus are passive.
That\\\'s not a theory. It\\\'s an observation.
A theory would make predictions.\\\"
Isn\\\'t it a definition? This is the source of the idea built into the entire article that \\\"active attributes\\\" (achievements?) and \\\"passive attributes\\\" (character traits and stuff that happens to people) naturally fall into two distinct, homogeneous groups.
The most objectionable part of this is the way that \\\"character traits and stuff that happens to people\\\" is just one big blob in here. And this is a problem with the classification of everything to two types -- a problem with theory.
For example:
\\\"In summary, objectification is when a female character is reduced down to her passive attributes and her agency denied.\\\"
I am pretty sure that objectification is when a character is reduced to a beautiful but unfeeling object. As in, a thing without emotions, like a rock or something (with apologies to my pet rock). This makes even less sense since beauty is an active attribute anyway.
That\\\'s not a theory. It\\\'s an observation.
A theory would make predictions.\\\"
Isn\\\'t it a definition? This is the source of the idea built into the entire article that \\\"active attributes\\\" (achievements?) and \\\"passive attributes\\\" (character traits and stuff that happens to people) naturally fall into two distinct, homogeneous groups.
The most objectionable part of this is the way that \\\"character traits and stuff that happens to people\\\" is just one big blob in here. And this is a problem with the classification of everything to two types -- a problem with theory.
For example:
\\\"In summary, objectification is when a female character is reduced down to her passive attributes and her agency denied.\\\"
I am pretty sure that objectification is when a character is reduced to a beautiful but unfeeling object. As in, a thing without emotions, like a rock or something (with apologies to my pet rock). This makes even less sense since beauty is an active attribute anyway.
