You can't even find an action or scifi film anymore where the men don't get their balls busted 24/7 by some stupid woman unless you go back to films made in the 1950's & 60's.
This reminds me that we really need a sequel to Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World. That was a 2003 movie in which there was no female character, it was perhaps the last of the "bro" films. The only woman in the whole film was a Brazilian whore and she has no dialogue and maybe 30 seconds of screentime.
But 50s and 60s Boomer media is some of the best because it is openly anti-feminist.
Tragically, Clint Eastwood would usher in some feminism in the 70s, and even our boy Mad Mel had to pretend to find an "action babe" to be hot in Lethal Weapon 3.
To me it is all about how the female heroine is portrayed. Females can be strong without having to be physically strong. Physical strength is not a feminine attribute and it is wrong to portray them like that. What happened to just making a caring loving mother type that needs to protect her family. Lots of ways to use weapons like firearms or out thinking a protagonist without forcing some unrealistic masculine ideals on her.
Lots of ways to use weapons like firearms or out thinking a protagonist without forcing some unrealistic masculine ideals on her.
We'd have to go back to early 60s-or-before media to find examples of that, or some later John Wayne movies.
Most everything else has been shades of Atomic Blonde or Peppermint, a complete farce.
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