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?
As it is right now, there is no chance they can write a decent female character ugly or not. Feminism dictates that they must write men a certain way and women a certain way or else they are promoting gender norms and upholding patriarchy.
Their idea of a great female lead is to make her as toxic as they imagine men are, then make her kick men's asses. The left is all about revenge disguised as justice. It's why they're always painting themselves as the underdogs, the resistance, the victims - it justifies their thirst for violence without that pesky guilty conscience baggage.
You can reliably call out plot and character development based purely on demographics. You know the white male is going to betray the hero. You know the black or female villain will be redeemed. Their progressive politics completely warp their narratives.