User blog comment:Corbierr/A rant on double standards, sexism, all that fun stuff (in terms of fiction)/@comment-25576856-20141211230212/@comment-4816103-20141211232246

That's true, but what I'd really like is a story of a girl who is similar to Amber or Piper or Joy, and after seeing all the "strong" female characters, starts to feel like something is wrong with her so she tries to change and become stronger; she fights, and gets angry, and acts like a guy because that's what the media says to do. But then something happens, and she is taken back to her comfort zone and saves the day with her own talents and skills, when being stereotypically strong doesn't work. But I do love your idea; I may even use it in a story, hehe!

I get what you're saying. What I want is more diversity, not quantity. Female villains tend to be either focused on love, or something to do with a man, or beauty, or are just jealous and bitchy. Male villains seem to have a bit more freedom in their goals and personalities. Of course, this isn't a set rule and there are many villains who aren't like this. But it's pretty common. Female heroes are usually always just like Nina, if not someone like Katniss or in some stories, Amber. There's little diversity there, either. Again, there are many examples that don't fit, but you look in any story where the girl is a hero and she usually falls into one of those personality types. Female superheroes still aren't getting movies of their own, instead just being tacked on to a team otherwise made up of all males to fill a quota and usually there still aren't many females in genres like sci-fi, action or fantasy that aren't princesses, or love interests, or token chicks. How hard is it to put in female minions along with male minions? Or show some females being pilots, or workers? When there is a role that can be filled by any gender, why is it often a male? These are the issues I'm talking about. But your point is valid.