Because that’s the bargain we accept in exchange for rampant stolen valor.
In the real world, women shrink away from virtually all danger.
Women flee war while their men are conscripted to die.
Female cops wait for male police officers to handle the violent criminals.
Women rely on men to fight fires and rescue people.
Women enjoy the cushy office jobs while men build and maintain all of the infrastructure.
So when you watch or play or read some piece of media that features a 50/50 split with women occupying all of these dangerous and heroic roles - which they virtually never occupy in real life - it’s just dishonest and retarded. It’s a false experience that doesn’t map into our observable reality.
We can tolerate this nonsense if and only if the female characters involved are idealized. Are they nice to look at? Are they pleasant to interact with or read? If yes, then maybe we suspend disbelief and try to have some fun. That’s why men don’t object to hot, agreeable Mary Sues.
But the moment these liars are also made to be ugly bitchy feminists, there’s no motivation for us to continue suspending our disbelief. You’re an unrealistic girl boss and butt ugly and an asshole? Gee, where do I sign up?
I disagree, there's a point of absurdity where it goes so far outside of the bounds of real life that it becomes easier to accept.
Present me a world where the named characters are badass sex gods capable of blatantly unrealistic feats and I won't bat an eye, but if things are meant to be grounded and I see things that are out of place or functioning well outside the expected capabilities then that will break the feeling of being grounded.
True that. It just bugs me. The men doing those things tend to have big muscles, but mostly the girls doing it have pencil-arms :/ and skinny little waists.
At least Zena was 'sturdy' that was ok. Buffy was a superhuman so that was ok :>
Red Sonja from the comics? One of my favorite characters? IDK what her arms looked like, I never noticed them 😆
Both of the female characters you’ve selected here are supernatural and incredibly hot. That’s exactly what I’m talking about.
Nailed it.
I don't care if the scantily clad girls from Dead or Alive are saving the world from robot ninjas from outer space using ninjustsu and celestial blades. It's all absurd and silly and fits within the over-the-top nature of the franchise.
I DO care if I'm supposed to take a game world seriously but we have black cyborg lesbian spec-ops leaders beating up men, barking orders and running post-apoc societies while food supplies are low and population numbers are rapidly decreasing.