To clarify : “strength of character”

    • spiderwort@lemm.eeOP
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      7 months ago

      Strong in character. Not powerlifter. I added a note to clarify.

      I honestly thought my meaning was obvious.

      • Acamon@lemmy.world
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        7 months ago

        Sorry, genuinely trying to understand here. So are you saying “in movies, women who have strength of character are also shown as being ‘manly’ (big muscles, punches people, etc). Is that how it really is?”

        If that’s what you’re asking, I don’t think it’s true. Some movies have women of very strong character, who are physically weak, pacifist, etc. And some movies have women that have strong characters and are physically strong, cabable of violence, etc. And some movies have women who are douchey, flawed characters who can be physically strong.

        I’m not sure I see any correlation between strength of character and physical strength, or propensity to violence, for either men or women. It’s more of a genre thing - in action movies men and women are more likely to be physically tough, and in political dramas they’re more likely to be physically weak. And there will be a mix of people with “strong character” and people with flawed or weak characters.

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          7 months ago

          This was very well said! But reading through this thread it looks like OP is saying they look manly, not behave manly (I genuinely don’t know what put that in their head)