DG1OA Wrote:
Maybe this isn't quite related to the topic, but it's still about the depiction of women, so posting a seperate thread might be excessive. So..
The women in a commercial I saw for "The bachelor" seem frighteningly pathetic. They disgust me. They seem like dumb, weeping messes. Just the way machos love them.
I'm not condemning vulnerabilty, or kindness, in women. Women can still have these and have strenght of character, and intelligence. Samus Aran from the Metroid series is one example.
However, I also hate the kind of "tough" gals Michelle Rodriguez frequently plays in her movies. They seem hopelessly insecure, like they're constantly saying "Look at me, I'm a badass! Didn't I tell you I was a badass? Oh, and just so you know, I'm a badass! Don't you forget it! Got that?!". That's not tough in my mind, that's pathetic. Such women tend to be misandrists, always a chip on their shoulder, permanently trying to dominate men. Battle of the sexes this, battle of the sexes that. How about gender equality? Nah, far too difficult and complex a concept for feminazis and machos alike to ever hope to grasp.
Just thought I'd share that.
I agree about the chip on the shoulder thing. Some female characters just seem to have some snobby, self-righteousan attitude problem. All men are scum... until their partner shows up, then it's just the bad guy. They try too hard to break from stereotypes only to create a ridiculous extreme.
A couple females I've seen fit this at times are Olivia Benson from SVU & Elle from Criminal Minds.
It's been societal tradition that Men are the protectors, and Women are the caregivers. Too weak looking after the kids or doing laundry/dishes to know how to fight. Manly men fear men will steal their women or they are insecure & think their woman will cheat on them with a manlier man. When a woman goes off on a thing, she needs some kind of motivation like kids or "justice" because a woman can't be shown to have the same "undesirable" motives men have.
My ideal woman would know how to take care of herself, because I can't be there every second of every day, and you know, chicks hate when you don't leave them be. They hate when their men hover & babysit them.
I'm looking for my equal, which is why I'm attracted to Tira from SoulCalibur, and Sam Puckett from iCarly. Though Tira is an extreme, worst case scenario, and my attraction to Sam is somewhat narcisistic as I
swear she's based on me as a person.
Ka-Tra
