If he's not a feminist than it might be that the women are not stereotypically female enough. You know, not kind, caring and nurturing enough. With Martin the women go all across the board, but also on the dark sides. Power is corrupting, Being a fighter means you get your hands bloody, for men and for women.
I think people who don't reflect much about the depiction of women have maybe gone away from the nice background characters that just look pretty, but they now expect these infallable ueberchicks that can do everything, and are supernice and supercute while doing it all in high heels (it's a beef i sometimes have with whedon even). So when there are flawed women, hardened women, women who's dreams don't work out, like Martin's then it's perceived as weird.
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Date: 2011-10-02 10:56 pm (UTC)If he's not a feminist than it might be that the women are not stereotypically female enough. You know, not kind, caring and nurturing enough. With Martin the women go all across the board, but also on the dark sides. Power is corrupting, Being a fighter means you get your hands bloody, for men and for women.
I think people who don't reflect much about the depiction of women have maybe gone away from the nice background characters that just look pretty, but they now expect these infallable ueberchicks that can do everything, and are supernice and supercute while doing it all in high heels (it's a beef i sometimes have with whedon even). So when there are flawed women, hardened women, women who's dreams don't work out, like Martin's then it's perceived as weird.