Whether in cartoons, web comics, or movies, it often seems that the only way [male?] writers can think of to write "empowered" roles for women is to make them violent.
The catty girlfriend decks her boy with her purse. The anime girl punches the male protagonist off the screen. Kill Bill's protagonist (saw the movie, but forgot her name) slaughters up a storm.
But where's the intelligence? Where's the depth and personality? "Empowering" women only to be violent only alienates them further and perpetuates the idea of women being scary when in control.
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Date: 2009-04-06 06:03 pm (UTC)The catty girlfriend decks her boy with her purse. The anime girl punches the male protagonist off the screen. Kill Bill's protagonist (saw the movie, but forgot her name) slaughters up a storm.
But where's the intelligence? Where's the depth and personality? "Empowering" women only to be violent only alienates them further and perpetuates the idea of women being scary when in control.