Comment on In movies a strong woman is manly. (big muscles, aggressive, punches people, etc.) Is that really the way it is?

• drcouzelis@lemmy.zip ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Big willpower. Driven. Uncompromising. That kind of thing.

  I think that is the answer. :)

  I’m trying to think of examples from famous recent movies with women who have that description…

  From Disney:

  • Moana from Moana
  • Joy from Inside Out
  • Anna and Elsa from Frozen and the sequel
  • Mirabel from Encanto

  Have you seen any of those movies? If not, what movies have you seen?

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• xmunk@sh.itjust.works ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think we’re moving away from the emotionally strong woman being buff/masculine theme but originally I assume this theme was misogynistic in origin “this woman is so strong she can make it on her own - she doesn’t even need a man… and since we assume a man being present is necessary for survival it’s not that she doesn’t need a man - it’s that she’s her own man! There now we have a strong female character without eroding our own preconceived gender hierarchy. Technically a woman can survive on her own - as long as she’s a man!”

  Honestly, you’ll get this read off a lot of early female villains and in trashy movies they’ll queer code her because obviously the female villain (who is functionally a man writing-wise) needs a wife of her own.

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