And it's pretty weird because the world is, by and large, not controlled by even the most normative 20-somethings and 30-somethings. There are power dynamics at play, but it's a bit weird that the focus falls so much on the least powerful adults in terms of both normativity and age.
Also, youth is ... not privileged, but there's certainly a widespread idea that women in particular are at their most worthwhile (and sometimes only worthwhile) when they're young, and should quietly recede into the background as they age, which deeply complicates power relations in fandom.
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And it's pretty weird because the world is, by and large, not controlled by even the most normative 20-somethings and 30-somethings. There are power dynamics at play, but it's a bit weird that the focus falls so much on the least powerful adults in terms of both normativity and age.
Also, youth is ... not privileged, but there's certainly a widespread idea that women in particular are at their most worthwhile (and sometimes only worthwhile) when they're young, and should quietly recede into the background as they age, which deeply complicates power relations in fandom.