PunkandCannonballer t1_j4q95pw wrote on January 17, 2023 at 2:45 PM

It would help to know specific books that seem to let you down. I'm incredibly picky about my female characters because most of them either come off as severe r/menwritingwomen or they're written in a masculine way to show off how "strong and independent" they are.

TisButAScratch18 t1_j4qwqoh wrote on January 17, 2023 at 5:20 PM

Hey me too! I always find strong female characters written as these brusque (idk if that's spelled right), stoic, cold or plain rude and bully-like people and it puts me off so much. Like you just know that if there is a woman soldier in the book/movie or a woman warrior/biker/worker - anything even remotely "tough" she will be that character. As a woman, every time I read that I'm like yikes. I belong on that "tough" scale by profession but jeez I am not a shit human being for it.