spiderwort@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agoIn movies a strong woman is manly. (big muscles, aggressive, punches people, etc.) Is that really the way it is?message-squaremessage-square59fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up1-6arrow-down1message-squareIn movies a strong woman is manly. (big muscles, aggressive, punches people, etc.) Is that really the way it is?spiderwort@lemm.ee to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · edit-26 months agomessage-square59fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaresqw@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 months agoa woman can be physically strong without “turning into a man”. strength of character? how about “nomadland” or “meek’s cutoff”?
minus-squarespiderwort@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·6 months agoI have not seen either of those. But you see what I mean, right? A strong female character invariably starts looking like a man. Which is, of course, a cheap shortcut on the part of the writer. What are feminine expressions of strength?
minus-squareBleatingZombie@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoShe doesn’t look manly at all. What are you talking about?
minus-squarespiderwort@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down4·6 months agoIt’s like they took arnold schwartzenegger’s jaw and transplanted it onto a supermodel/kickboxer.
a woman can be physically strong without “turning into a man”.
strength of character? how about “nomadland” or “meek’s cutoff”?
I have not seen either of those.
But you see what I mean, right? A strong female character invariably starts looking like a man. Which is, of course, a cheap shortcut on the part of the writer.
What are feminine expressions of strength?
She doesn’t look manly at all. What are you talking about?
It’s like they took arnold schwartzenegger’s jaw and transplanted it onto a supermodel/kickboxer.