To clarify : “strength of character”

  • spiderwort@lemm.eeOP
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    7 months ago

    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?

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        7 months ago

        It’s like they took arnold schwartzenegger’s jaw and transplanted it onto a supermodel/kickboxer.

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      7 months ago

      musculature is not solely masculine, but if that’s the association for you, it makes sense that you feel a woman with muscles “starts looking like a man”. a similar circular reasoning would be arrived at if you simply considered strength itself to be a masculine trait.