Poll Time! What Makes a Female Character "Strong"?
So after stumbling upon yet another rant about how misogynistic fandom is towards a "strong female character" I never found particularly interesting, my first impulse was to comment with the usual "I don't think that word means what you think it means." But that would have been kind of judge-y -- who am I, after all, to decide what "strong" means ( Read more... )
*discovers polls can't be edited*
Look for another post that allows you check one or several! It'll be interesting to me to see what people check as the "most important" versus a cluster of "good to have".
I agree with emotional maturity up to a point -- it's one of the reasons I love Joan on Mad Men, who is at best a rather pre-feminist character. But it's not completely necessary. I think of Kaylee on Firefly, who imo just hadn't experienced enough of life to be as grounded as Inara or Zoe, and I was looking forward to seeing her develop that kind of groundedness as the show progressed (which, of course, it didn't). On the other hand, Kaylee had a lot of courage, which I think would have served her well in becoming more emotionally mature. In fact I'd probably argue that courage is the basis for emotional maturity. Part of the reason why the character of Betty on Mad Men seems so childish to me is the difficulty she has acknowledging and facing her fears. Admittedly though facing inner demons isn't probably not what most people are thinking when they think of "courage".
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