DGS49
Diamond Member
"Bad," meaning tough, mean, and indestructible. As in, "Shaft is a Bad MoFo!"
Our Beloved President assures us that the addition of women to our combat fighting forces will make them stronger and better able to perform their missions. (Comparable to..."If your like your insurance policy...")
The entertainment media gives us G.I. Jane, Kattniss Everdeen, Kensi Blye, Supergirl, Henrietta Lange (!), and many others, who can on a moment's notice kick the ass of any man who dares to get in their way. Little girls are sold "action figures" of girl and woman "superheroes" at Toys [backward 'R'] Us. You boys had better watch out!
While the entertainment media has long gone beyond what is believable with respect to the capabilities of supposedly-mortal male crime fighters and soldiers (Exhibit A being Jason Bourne), this campaign to portray women as physically imposing and destructive creatures moves into the realm of a harmful neurosis.
In the real world, women are substantially smaller, substantially weaker, more prone to injury via trauma (i.e., in a fight), and psychologically much less inclined to physical violence than men. In a physical altercation, a woman's only hope - assuming she is not appropriately armed - is to land one good blow to a vulnerable spot, before running away as fast as humanly possible. Any women holding the delusional belief that she can fight a male assailant on equal terms (as is portrayed constantly in television and film) is doomed to serious injury or worse in any critical encounter. So what is the point of foisting the false narrative of "BAD" women on the American viewing public, and particularly the female viewing public?
It might momentarily make them feel better about themselves (MIGHT), but if they believe any of this nonsense it could perversely make them even more vulnerable to harm in the event they are ever threatened by a man with evil intentions - whatever those intentions might be. If she tries to confront the threatening man she will be victimized even worse than if she tried to run away.
The creators of these fictions would do much better to have woman being assailed (a) use an appropriate weapon (b) use her wits to out-think the badguy, or (c) strike a quick, anatomically-believable blow, then get out of Dodge. A fistfight is not an option and should not be portrayed as an option in fiction.
Our Beloved President assures us that the addition of women to our combat fighting forces will make them stronger and better able to perform their missions. (Comparable to..."If your like your insurance policy...")
The entertainment media gives us G.I. Jane, Kattniss Everdeen, Kensi Blye, Supergirl, Henrietta Lange (!), and many others, who can on a moment's notice kick the ass of any man who dares to get in their way. Little girls are sold "action figures" of girl and woman "superheroes" at Toys [backward 'R'] Us. You boys had better watch out!
While the entertainment media has long gone beyond what is believable with respect to the capabilities of supposedly-mortal male crime fighters and soldiers (Exhibit A being Jason Bourne), this campaign to portray women as physically imposing and destructive creatures moves into the realm of a harmful neurosis.
In the real world, women are substantially smaller, substantially weaker, more prone to injury via trauma (i.e., in a fight), and psychologically much less inclined to physical violence than men. In a physical altercation, a woman's only hope - assuming she is not appropriately armed - is to land one good blow to a vulnerable spot, before running away as fast as humanly possible. Any women holding the delusional belief that she can fight a male assailant on equal terms (as is portrayed constantly in television and film) is doomed to serious injury or worse in any critical encounter. So what is the point of foisting the false narrative of "BAD" women on the American viewing public, and particularly the female viewing public?
It might momentarily make them feel better about themselves (MIGHT), but if they believe any of this nonsense it could perversely make them even more vulnerable to harm in the event they are ever threatened by a man with evil intentions - whatever those intentions might be. If she tries to confront the threatening man she will be victimized even worse than if she tried to run away.
The creators of these fictions would do much better to have woman being assailed (a) use an appropriate weapon (b) use her wits to out-think the badguy, or (c) strike a quick, anatomically-believable blow, then get out of Dodge. A fistfight is not an option and should not be portrayed as an option in fiction.
