Emperor_Uriel
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On the other hand some people might think falling in love would "lessen" her strong character
I remember someone saying they were happy that Mad Max spoilerFuriosa and Max didn't exchange romantic feelings
Which is, in my opinion, one of the biggest missteps relating to the writing of empowered women: To be heterosexual is to be oppressed.
It's immensely foolish, because it concludes that heterosexuality itself, rather than the subpar and rigid depictions of straight relationships throughout fiction, is the problem.
If men were going down on a female protagonist the way ladies go down on Geralt of Rivia, that would be immensely empowering.
We just have trouble, as a society, seeing women as equal or dominant partners in a straight relationship. We can't wrap our heads around the idea that an empowered woman may seek sexual pleasure and intimacy in the same way legions of empowered men do.