Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal!
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There was definitely a lot of "girl power" on the show, but I didn't get the vibe that Mal was outclassed by anyone except by River, who as a character obviously traded a normal human personality for her abilities.
He was the leader of the group, and it seemed clear to me that they would have fallen apart without him. It was a very campy show though. Everyone took turns doing goofy/embarrassing shit, including the women.
He was badass, but very rarely on his own. It was mostly, he has a gun but he is always shown up by others just because he is straight and white. Jayne got it worse, but Mal was always getting the "I got you, bad gu...whoops, dropped my guard, now I am caught, guess my women will save me." They did get the women right. Even Inara was great, and I hate whores.
Ah yeah I know what you mean now! Especially when it came to that one female villain. Mal was basically helpless against her and always out maneuvered, so you needed Inara to come in with her feminine instinct to save the day.
Somehow a woman can become a mechanic or a soldier equal or superior to any man, but a man can never overcome the sexual powers of a woman lol.
The quiet wife he 'accidentally married' that everyone derided him for even though she drugged him and he didn't know anything. Loved how they all thought he was basically a rapist.