Woman Asks Twitter If Men Have Female Heroes, And They Open Up About Who They Admire
“Do men have women heroes?” That’s the intriguing question that attorney Jessica Brown asked her Twitter followers. The responses that she got were very varied and Jess sparked a real debate on the social media platform.
The responses were refreshingly honest and people went into detail who their female heroes are and why. A lot of people said that they see their mothers and Margaret Thatcher as their personal heroes. Scroll down, have a look at who some men call their personal heroes, and upvote your favorite tweets. Oh, and let us know in the comments below who your female heroes are, dear Pandas.
Jess’ thread got more than 106.9k likes on Twitter, was retweeted 10.1k times, and got a lot of people passionate to talk about the subject. While not every interaction was friendly, the important thing is that people got to talking, right?
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Her charity is called The Fistula Foundation and it's one of the charity options on Amazon Smile :-)
One conclusion that you can make from the attorney’s thread is that some men definitely have women heroes while others are upfront about the fact that they idolize other successful men. In other words—a lot depends on each individual person.
However, why are some men more reluctant to have female heroes? It might be related to the fact that some boys have trouble accepting women superheroes. Actress and Harry Potter star Emma Watson touched on this issue in an interview with Entertainment Weekly. In her opinion, boys have been conditioned to look up to male superheroes and avoid female ones.
“It’s something that they are not used to and they don’t like that. Anything that deviates from the norm is difficult to accept. I think if you’ve been used to watching characters that look like, sound like, think like you and then you see someone up on the screen and you go, ‘Well, that’s a girl, she doesn’t look like me. I want it to look like me so that I can project myself onto the character,'” Watson pondered.
She added that girls feel less threatened and have an easier time relating to all characters, whatever their gender might be.
Saw her live on her last tour. One of the best rock and roll shows I ever saw. btw-she wrote "Blue Suede Shoes"
“Women are great at doing that. We see whoever is on screen and we recognize the human qualities in the man that we relate to and there’s not such a gap, but for some reason, there’s some kind of barrier there where [men] are like, ‘I don’t want to relate to a girl. I don’t want to, I don’t want that,’ which I think is inherently part of the problem,” the actress and UN ambassador for the HeForShe initiative said. However, not everything’s grim and Watson believes that things are slowly but surely changing.
She's the Lioness of West Sumatera who fought against taxes levied by the Dutch East Indies Company on the population of Manggopoh. Despite still nursing an infant, she successfully led the rebellion, resulting in her husband being exiled to Manado while she was imprisoned with her child.
That's so sweet. I appreciate that a politician so young can be someone's hero.
Sakine Cansiz was a co-founder of the Kurdish PKK after she'd been imprisoned and tortured by the Turkish police. She was shot dead in Paris, France in 2013, a case that remains unsolved.
"Freedom is always the freedom of dissenters." -Rosa Luxemburg, a wisdom that has been forgotten. Nowadays, thought crimes are getting prosecuted, sometimes in some countries in a court of law and very often by news media and on social media sites. Intolerance towards dissenters is constantly growing.
Inventor of Soft Serve Icecream? First woman PM of the UK, lead the biggest economic surge in UK history, won a war, etc. Plenty to look up to
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thatcher let the irish starve and die in prison, she despised and undermined the working class. Then she got to die peacefully in her bed, in old age, not a hero, but a villain.
Thank you! History books my arse! I was there. Cruel crone broke so many people's souls.
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And oh so much more. We lived under the shadow of The Bomb, with miners' strikes and mass unemployment.
Load More Replies... Thatcher?!? You have got to be kidding! She gutted my part of the country. Read up about what that **** did to the miners in Yorkshire! I lived through that and I will NEVER forgive her.
Thatcher? Not what I'd call a hero. But I could use the same number of letters for another word.
Surprised by the first name, shocked by the second😱. You might need to take a second look on those history books!
REALLY? I was there. Shall I tell you what it was like, not knowing if your friends' fathers would have a job tomorrow, if they could feed themselves? Shut up and sit down, kiddo!
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She was a ruthless defender of the wealthy and the powerful, an ennemy of the working class, gays, women and anyone who wasn't english. She was evil incarnate and the day she died made me happier than I had been in a long time. I wish there was a god so she could be roasting in hell.
Glad to see at least that all the Thatcher ones are getting down voted. Honestly, WTF???
Can we take a moment to pay tribute to this lovely polish lady in the picture. Her name was Irena Stanisława Sendler (1910-2008), nurse during WW2. She saved approx 2500 children by smuggling them out of the Nazi camp. She was carrying out infants on the bottom of her toolbox every time after visit of Nazi camp. Risking her life every day! In 2007 she was a candidate to receive a Nobel peace prize... lost to Al Gore and his climate change chart. Screen-Sho...56-png.jpg
I wanted to write about Irena Sendlerowa, I'm so glad You already did.
Aksa what
it's a shame she lost to Al Gore. She deserved so much more appreciation
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I am surprised there was no mention of Florence Nightingale since she revolutionised medical care and she did it even though her family disapproved (and many others) were against her because she was female. They expected/wanted her to meet a man, have kids and become a happy little housewife instead of getting an education and doing what she wanted.
Excellent choice. The odd thing is how many people seem to think she was a hands-on nurse. She was a powerful, kick-ass administrator who essentially faced down the government and military establishment till she got what she wanted.
I am surprised that Margaret Thatcher was mentioned so often
Even Tories have Twitter accounts.
I'm even more surprised that everyone felt the need to shit on them for listing her. If you can't deal with an answer you don't want to hear, than you have no business asking a question.
The Women Kurdish/Yazidi fighters who hunted ISIS in Iraq and Syria. To the terrorists getting killed by a woman means they won't go to heaven and ISIS was terrified of them.
Now look, I'm Australian and a republican. It's ridiculous that our head of state is the Queen. However, I think she's great. Stoic, dignified, incredible sense of duty. She also appears to be immortal.
I think she and Betty White are both immortal.
Downunderdude like
Julie d'Aubigny is my all time hero, male or female. Her life was outrageous beyond belief. An opera singer, fencer, arsonist, brawler, cross dresser, high-class mistress and nun. She'd probably be in prison if she were alive today, but so would many people whose lives are worth reading about.
I wonder if a movie were to be made based on her stories. I'd totally see it many times over.
Simone Veil !! ( i am french ... ) she survived Auschwitz concentration camp. she was Minister of health and facilitated access to contraception and legalized abortion ( she did one of the most powerful speeches i ever heard and was in tears because of all the men throwing pure hatred at her) she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the first European parliamentary election. In its first session, the new Parliament elected her as its first President she was a member of Academie française ( the most prestigious french cultural institution which members are called the immortals ) and so may other things !! after she died she was honoured with a national ceremony and military honours (obviously !!!) and is now buried in Pantheon (a monument in Paris where all french heroes rest)
And didn't she eat the same portions as soldiers at the front in protest?
Three mentions of Jacindaaaaaa! :)
For me, Katherine Johnson, Cathy Freeman, Emma Watson, Greta Thunberg, All the Bronte sisters, Malala, Marie Curie, Amelia Earheart Lol most people i look up to are female, partly because many of them had to make extra steps because of injustice because they were women.
Greta Thunberg is a puppet of the Leftists.
You haven't just seen the latest numbers on species decimation? It's fucking terrifying. Get your thumb out of your ass. What horrors do you think we are passing on to the generations who will survive us? Jesus.
they love lefties on bp lol
Mary Shelley, the mother of science fiction. Also her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, an awesome feminist. Both were also fascinating women.
All of the women who secretly worked as code breakers during WWII. There's a book about them called "Code Girls" by Liza Mundy. They kept the true nature of their "secretary" jobs a secret until Ms. Mundy found and interviewed the few women still alive a few years ago. Total smartypants bad asses!
Nobody mentioned Nellie Bly? She was pretty much the first investigative reporter, and I thought of her often in my years in newspapers.
DE Ray good
Ada Lovelace, Marie Curie, Grace Hopper undoubtedly!
So many women forgotten here. Rosa Parks, Diane Fossey, all the women who fought the Nazi regime like Sophie Scholl. Incredible scientists like Lise Meitner. Women fighting for their rights like all the Suffragettes.
Amy Bleuel is my hero. I mean no disrespect when I say this but she was a nobody from nowhere special, that touched millions of people and literally left a mark on me and others. She encouraged people to draw or tattoo semicolons on themselves as a message of hope, a sign that their story isn’t finished and to fight the stigma of mental health. I'm so sorry that shes no longer here. We come into this world alone and go out of this world alone, please let the bit in-between matter.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Maria Montessori..
Madame Curie, every one of NASA's "computers", Sally Ride, Mother Theresa and whoever becomes the first female US President, regardless of which side of the isle she's on. (There were about 5 listed above that made me nod my head and say, her two from above that aren't on my list--Jane Goodall, AOC, Ruth G to name a few.) I've always been the type of man who has no problem with having a woman as a boss. I've had several in my career, and they've always been great bosses to have. I have no problem being on projects (I'm a computer consultant) with women leading the project. (Although my wife tells me she can tell when I'm talking to a woman on the phone. I don't know what it is that I'm doing different, but she says she can tell.)
Maybe she knows you well :-) Also heard that, statistically speaking, women make more compassionate and fair bosses.
Thank you for the honest answers. There are many women here who are true inspirations - heroines certainly, and not celebrity or instagram fodder.
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in the alien saga is my favourite super hero/heroine of all time.
John Hopkins easy
I'd like to add ... Poison Ivy Rorschach of the Cramps. She didn't develop any medicine or so, but she made an impression in a profession where most of the time people refer to women delivering great work as "good for a girl" and similar toxicities. Their music is great. Not "good for a girl" or "great for a woman", just great and that's it. The Cramps ... well, who don't know them might take a look into their stuff to start loving them.
I have a lot. Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, Marilyn Monroe, Betty White. My mother because she worked, raised two children, and went to college at the same time. My grandmother because she left her home in Arkansas at fifteen and made it all the way to Texas by herself. My sister who has epilepsy and still does her best to take care of our family.
My heroes are my wife, my aunt and my sister. Without them, I know my comment would be none existent. My aunt literally saved my life from a very cruel stepmother when I was young. My wife has always stood by my side with love and honesty. My sister use to sneak me peanut butter sandwiches and water when locked in the basement .
I am so sorry to hear that you went through that and I am glad that you have these amazing ladies in your life.
Harriet Tubman!!
Eleanor roosevelt. Fought for civil rights and women's right.
I would love to be as compassionate and caring as Mother Teresa. There are so many women who fly under the radar, changing lives every day, with no recognition.
Greta Thunberg is one very brave girl!
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Greta Thunberg is a puppet of the Leftists.
who is greta thunberg?
I am embarrassed to say I didn't know who many of the women were.
That's not something to be embarrassed about. There are seven billion people on the Earth. There are some, even famous ones, that you won't know.
it's okay--Google will make it easy for you, and it'll be heartening to read about their lives, especially during these times.
for me: Malala Yousafzai. you need balls to do what she did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
Harriet Tubman is why favorite historical figure ever. A black, disabled women who never lost a passenger on the Underground Railroad, became a spy, and lead the first female lead military charge in the us....she’s incredibly heroic. Florence Nightingale, Jane Goodall, Sybil Ludington (not quite as impressive as the other but she gets no credit for what she did), Sacagawea, Nancy Wake (the completely insane and badass WW2 spy), and Virginia Hall (another WW2 spy who was both female and disabled
Read "Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked The World" (original French title: "Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font ce qu’elles veulent") by Pénélope Bagieu. A lot of the women listed above (and below) are covered. Waiting for the second volume ("Thirty More Rebel Ladies Who Rocked The World") to be made available at the library.
This was such a great list until the Thatcherites came out and spoiled it. The woman was evil incarnate.
Laura Gardner haha
Serious question: what did Margaret Thatcher do? I have absolutely no idea.
She started with the infant schools when she was a minister, taking the free half pint of milk away that helped their teeth. When elected her government then encouraged everyone to get a mortgage and own your own home, an investment that you could live in. She privatised and sold everything and the public lapped it up. the price of everything went up but the wages stagnated. And as the country realised that they were now in debt, she broke the unions and no one could afford solidarity. Much the same as Britain today, misdirection, got to keep your eye on the money. The NHS is worth 10 billion pound, so how are they going to sell it. Originally Virgin lotto was going to run as non profit so it could all go to the NHS: so why give it to Camelot. Run down but not out, what now. Blame the foreigners instead of the rich, for the state of it all, tell us that the NHS will be 300 million better off if we leave Europe and then sell everything that's not nailed down to the Americans.
Roberta Bondar. And 100% Margaret Hamilton. Both are incredible. And smarter than anyone I've ever met.
Anytime someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is the exception and not the status quo.
no mention of Dame Sue Black.... sad
Sorry, but does anyone else think that this is a pathetic question? Why is there any reason for men to not have female heroes?
uma thurman in kill bill
England could use someone like Margaret Thatcher right now.
And where is Irma Grese? She was so good and loyal worker.
Some Body love
Some Body yes
This comment has not been given by the real Jonas Grinevičius . This is a troll masquerading as him. HIs comment should be deleted.
Why the fuck wouldnt men have women as their heros in some cases? What a stupid question from that original tweet!
why are you saying that? my heroes is my friends elaine and nina they helped me adapt to immigrant life in U.S and are still great friends
Anytime someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is the exception and not the status quo.
Can we take a moment to pay tribute to this lovely polish lady in the picture. Her name was Irena Stanisława Sendler (1910-2008), nurse during WW2. She saved approx 2500 children by smuggling them out of the Nazi camp. She was carrying out infants on the bottom of her toolbox every time after visit of Nazi camp. Risking her life every day! In 2007 she was a candidate to receive a Nobel peace prize... lost to Al Gore and his climate change chart. Screen-Sho...56-png.jpg
I wanted to write about Irena Sendlerowa, I'm so glad You already did.
Aksa what
it's a shame she lost to Al Gore. She deserved so much more appreciation
👍
I am surprised there was no mention of Florence Nightingale since she revolutionised medical care and she did it even though her family disapproved (and many others) were against her because she was female. They expected/wanted her to meet a man, have kids and become a happy little housewife instead of getting an education and doing what she wanted.
Excellent choice. The odd thing is how many people seem to think she was a hands-on nurse. She was a powerful, kick-ass administrator who essentially faced down the government and military establishment till she got what she wanted.
I am surprised that Margaret Thatcher was mentioned so often
Even Tories have Twitter accounts.
I'm even more surprised that everyone felt the need to shit on them for listing her. If you can't deal with an answer you don't want to hear, than you have no business asking a question.
The Women Kurdish/Yazidi fighters who hunted ISIS in Iraq and Syria. To the terrorists getting killed by a woman means they won't go to heaven and ISIS was terrified of them.
Now look, I'm Australian and a republican. It's ridiculous that our head of state is the Queen. However, I think she's great. Stoic, dignified, incredible sense of duty. She also appears to be immortal.
I think she and Betty White are both immortal.
Downunderdude like
Julie d'Aubigny is my all time hero, male or female. Her life was outrageous beyond belief. An opera singer, fencer, arsonist, brawler, cross dresser, high-class mistress and nun. She'd probably be in prison if she were alive today, but so would many people whose lives are worth reading about.
I wonder if a movie were to be made based on her stories. I'd totally see it many times over.
Simone Veil !! ( i am french ... ) she survived Auschwitz concentration camp. she was Minister of health and facilitated access to contraception and legalized abortion ( she did one of the most powerful speeches i ever heard and was in tears because of all the men throwing pure hatred at her) she was elected as a Member of the European Parliament in the first European parliamentary election. In its first session, the new Parliament elected her as its first President she was a member of Academie française ( the most prestigious french cultural institution which members are called the immortals ) and so may other things !! after she died she was honoured with a national ceremony and military honours (obviously !!!) and is now buried in Pantheon (a monument in Paris where all french heroes rest)
And didn't she eat the same portions as soldiers at the front in protest?
Three mentions of Jacindaaaaaa! :)
For me, Katherine Johnson, Cathy Freeman, Emma Watson, Greta Thunberg, All the Bronte sisters, Malala, Marie Curie, Amelia Earheart Lol most people i look up to are female, partly because many of them had to make extra steps because of injustice because they were women.
Greta Thunberg is a puppet of the Leftists.
You haven't just seen the latest numbers on species decimation? It's fucking terrifying. Get your thumb out of your ass. What horrors do you think we are passing on to the generations who will survive us? Jesus.
they love lefties on bp lol
Mary Shelley, the mother of science fiction. Also her mother, Mary Wollstonecraft, an awesome feminist. Both were also fascinating women.
All of the women who secretly worked as code breakers during WWII. There's a book about them called "Code Girls" by Liza Mundy. They kept the true nature of their "secretary" jobs a secret until Ms. Mundy found and interviewed the few women still alive a few years ago. Total smartypants bad asses!
Nobody mentioned Nellie Bly? She was pretty much the first investigative reporter, and I thought of her often in my years in newspapers.
DE Ray good
Ada Lovelace, Marie Curie, Grace Hopper undoubtedly!
So many women forgotten here. Rosa Parks, Diane Fossey, all the women who fought the Nazi regime like Sophie Scholl. Incredible scientists like Lise Meitner. Women fighting for their rights like all the Suffragettes.
Amy Bleuel is my hero. I mean no disrespect when I say this but she was a nobody from nowhere special, that touched millions of people and literally left a mark on me and others. She encouraged people to draw or tattoo semicolons on themselves as a message of hope, a sign that their story isn’t finished and to fight the stigma of mental health. I'm so sorry that shes no longer here. We come into this world alone and go out of this world alone, please let the bit in-between matter.
I'm surprised nobody mentioned Maria Montessori..
Madame Curie, every one of NASA's "computers", Sally Ride, Mother Theresa and whoever becomes the first female US President, regardless of which side of the isle she's on. (There were about 5 listed above that made me nod my head and say, her two from above that aren't on my list--Jane Goodall, AOC, Ruth G to name a few.) I've always been the type of man who has no problem with having a woman as a boss. I've had several in my career, and they've always been great bosses to have. I have no problem being on projects (I'm a computer consultant) with women leading the project. (Although my wife tells me she can tell when I'm talking to a woman on the phone. I don't know what it is that I'm doing different, but she says she can tell.)
Maybe she knows you well :-) Also heard that, statistically speaking, women make more compassionate and fair bosses.
Thank you for the honest answers. There are many women here who are true inspirations - heroines certainly, and not celebrity or instagram fodder.
Sigourney Weaver as Ellen Ripley in the alien saga is my favourite super hero/heroine of all time.
John Hopkins easy
I'd like to add ... Poison Ivy Rorschach of the Cramps. She didn't develop any medicine or so, but she made an impression in a profession where most of the time people refer to women delivering great work as "good for a girl" and similar toxicities. Their music is great. Not "good for a girl" or "great for a woman", just great and that's it. The Cramps ... well, who don't know them might take a look into their stuff to start loving them.
I have a lot. Maya Angelou, Aretha Franklin, Marilyn Monroe, Betty White. My mother because she worked, raised two children, and went to college at the same time. My grandmother because she left her home in Arkansas at fifteen and made it all the way to Texas by herself. My sister who has epilepsy and still does her best to take care of our family.
My heroes are my wife, my aunt and my sister. Without them, I know my comment would be none existent. My aunt literally saved my life from a very cruel stepmother when I was young. My wife has always stood by my side with love and honesty. My sister use to sneak me peanut butter sandwiches and water when locked in the basement .
I am so sorry to hear that you went through that and I am glad that you have these amazing ladies in your life.
Harriet Tubman!!
Eleanor roosevelt. Fought for civil rights and women's right.
I would love to be as compassionate and caring as Mother Teresa. There are so many women who fly under the radar, changing lives every day, with no recognition.
Greta Thunberg is one very brave girl!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
Greta Thunberg is a puppet of the Leftists.
who is greta thunberg?
I am embarrassed to say I didn't know who many of the women were.
That's not something to be embarrassed about. There are seven billion people on the Earth. There are some, even famous ones, that you won't know.
it's okay--Google will make it easy for you, and it'll be heartening to read about their lives, especially during these times.
for me: Malala Yousafzai. you need balls to do what she did. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malala_Yousafzai
Harriet Tubman is why favorite historical figure ever. A black, disabled women who never lost a passenger on the Underground Railroad, became a spy, and lead the first female lead military charge in the us....she’s incredibly heroic. Florence Nightingale, Jane Goodall, Sybil Ludington (not quite as impressive as the other but she gets no credit for what she did), Sacagawea, Nancy Wake (the completely insane and badass WW2 spy), and Virginia Hall (another WW2 spy who was both female and disabled
Read "Brazen: Rebel Ladies Who Rocked The World" (original French title: "Culottées: Des femmes qui ne font ce qu’elles veulent") by Pénélope Bagieu. A lot of the women listed above (and below) are covered. Waiting for the second volume ("Thirty More Rebel Ladies Who Rocked The World") to be made available at the library.
This was such a great list until the Thatcherites came out and spoiled it. The woman was evil incarnate.
Laura Gardner haha
Serious question: what did Margaret Thatcher do? I have absolutely no idea.
She started with the infant schools when she was a minister, taking the free half pint of milk away that helped their teeth. When elected her government then encouraged everyone to get a mortgage and own your own home, an investment that you could live in. She privatised and sold everything and the public lapped it up. the price of everything went up but the wages stagnated. And as the country realised that they were now in debt, she broke the unions and no one could afford solidarity. Much the same as Britain today, misdirection, got to keep your eye on the money. The NHS is worth 10 billion pound, so how are they going to sell it. Originally Virgin lotto was going to run as non profit so it could all go to the NHS: so why give it to Camelot. Run down but not out, what now. Blame the foreigners instead of the rich, for the state of it all, tell us that the NHS will be 300 million better off if we leave Europe and then sell everything that's not nailed down to the Americans.
Roberta Bondar. And 100% Margaret Hamilton. Both are incredible. And smarter than anyone I've ever met.
Anytime someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is the exception and not the status quo.
no mention of Dame Sue Black.... sad
Sorry, but does anyone else think that this is a pathetic question? Why is there any reason for men to not have female heroes?
uma thurman in kill bill
England could use someone like Margaret Thatcher right now.
And where is Irma Grese? She was so good and loyal worker.
Some Body love
Some Body yes
This comment has not been given by the real Jonas Grinevičius . This is a troll masquerading as him. HIs comment should be deleted.
Why the fuck wouldnt men have women as their heros in some cases? What a stupid question from that original tweet!
why are you saying that? my heroes is my friends elaine and nina they helped me adapt to immigrant life in U.S and are still great friends
Anytime someone calls attention to the breaking of gender roles, it ultimately undermines the concept of gender equality by implying that this is the exception and not the status quo.