Arya and Brienne are so badass because they take a male role. Sansa is boring because she sticks to tradicional feminity. Me: read Beren and Lúthien tale and see how a woman kick the asses of the to big badies while retaining her feminity and not having to resolt to take men traits. I'm sick of strong women=women who became men trope.
Hi there!
I absolutely agree! Tolkien does not have that many women, but they are very different, very interesting and they do not shy back from being feminine, and being feminine does not prevent them from being strong.
I must admit that I was attracted to that trope when I was a child, all that ‘not like other girls’, but we should really know better than playing into the trope that male coded activities are better. It’s internalized sexism, and it robs women of their choice in another way. If they have to comply to male role models to be respected where is the choice?
Same holds true for men who do things that are coded female. It is no surprise, that Samwell Tarly is less liked than other characters. The only thing that saves Samwell from receiving the same hate as Sansa is the fact that his intellectual enterprises are male coded.
Thanks for the ask!
