“Written By A Man”: Women Are Calling Out 30 Unrealistic Female Character Tropes They See In Books And Movies

I thought it was kinda weird that the movie treated Clare's childfree status as a bad thing. Also she ran away from a T-rex in high heels. Jurassic World was the movie that introduced me to the Jurassic Park movies in general, but god damn did it have some questionable elements.

@Evolution (2001) I am looking at you too. "A frigid ice queen in need of a good humping" - quote from the movie.

But how will movies be closer to the female audience wihout a crammed in romance....

Sometimes I think the men who actually make and produce movies have never actually MET a woman.

I love that madness but then I’m a man

I agree with most of these but Margot Robbie says she's the one who chooses her outfits. She's a producer on several of the movies where the character appears. The one above was chosen over a denim jumpsuit that looked like the cartoon version because Ms. Robbie said it wouldn't work. They were chosen because Harley would want fun and doesn't care if its sexy. She said she regretted her decision once filming was going because of comfort levels (both self-consciousness and trying to hold a leaking greasy hamburger over fishnet stockings) and she got cold during many of the night shoots. Her outfits become more practical in the later movies because she said she came to hate those hotpants. I admire Ms. Robbie because she's taken control of all parts of her professional life and does what she thinks is right for both herself and her characters. Birds of Prey was postponed because as a producer, she wanted to do Tanya Harding's story first.

Personally, I like the Harley Quinn character!!

I feel that TV lost a great female character when Taken was canceled. Jessica Camacho is an amazingly beautiful woman, however, her character was handled correctly in this series and not played just for her looks. Many other shows/movies would have had Santana running around in bikini tops and heels. Instead this show had her go into combat in military issue boots, sweatshirts and pants. She dressed like she was going to fight instead of a club.

It's? a comic book character

saw this video, forgot the name. It was comparing Harley Quinn's clothes in Suicide Squad and Birds of Prey. Suicide Squad was her dressing for the guys, and Birds of Prey was her dressing for herself.

Every female superhero is just an average male character performed by a hot, skinny, very violent seminaked girl with guns... that ends allways falling in love for a fellow superhero. And it is supposed to be "empowering", yeah sure.

Not Capitan Marvel, they dressed that one alright.

If I was a superhero, I would wear jeans and a hoodie because everyone has that, and it would be hard to trace it back to me. I'd wear armor over my torso and I'd tie my hair back in a pony tail. Wonder Women's outfit may look nice, but it's cold, uncomfortable, unprotective, and it's impossible to do anything active if you have long hair that isn't tied back.

Wonder Woman would do this because she is a FICTIONAL CHARACTER WHO LIVES IN A FICTIONAL WORLD WHERE PEOPLE CAN FLY AND SHOOT LASERS FROM THEIR EYES!!!!!

Those who fall out of a club at 2am and get into a fight.

Game of thrones was rape/torture porn for the male gaze

Why are you censored word rape? Is it vulgar word? Rape must be talked about, existed, not hidden and pretended not to exist. Your post then sounds just comical. If you do not want to harm the victim, just write at the beginning of TW: sexualized violence. Stop censored truth!!!

Yeah, but I wouldn't expect much from a series, that is based on books, where most of the story is written from the perspective of rapists. https://tafkarfanfic.tumblr.com/post/119891015455/a-song-of-ice-and-fire-has-a-rape-problem https://tafkarfanfic.tumblr.com/post/119770640640/rape-in-asoiaf-vs-game-of-thrones-a-statistical

Completely unnecessary “LOL”.

Trauma doesn't exist I guess

You forgot about postpartum depression? Can happen to the most caring moms. :-(

Never heard of post-partum depression?

Postpartum depression is a thing. I haven’t seen the film. Just going off your description.

As for heels, I think the same thing on the Fortnite skins. Lots of stripper heels. Like, yeah, shes supposed to carry multiple guns and run in those?

Though postpartum depression is a real and dangerous thing, you'd think they'd easily be able to fix that in an advanced sci-fi society.

Yes. To be fair, I had a rush of energy after each birth and wasn't tired at all/couldn't sleep but it's natural to still look like you went to war - because that's how it feels like. And the whole "don't look pregnant at all" right away is toxic. Many people actually believe that something that took 9 months to grow would be gone in an instant. Nope, in reality you look 7 months pregnant-ish for a couple weeks after giving birth. And the other weight/loose skin takes much longer for most women.

Actually have never seen 20-hour labors discussed in movies. It's more like 5-10 minutes and the mom looks freshly clean with makeup 5 minutes after that

I came home from the hospital heavier than I went in each time, despite having 9+lbs babies . I had c-sections and swelled up like a balloon from all the IV fluids they gave me. I came home in the snow with just socks on my feet because I couldn't fit into even my loosest fitting shoes.

This. They look like sh*t, feel like sh*t, and often they're in tears but it's *pain*.