While I do agree on some points, I have to disagree with most of this post.
I think I'll start with this, since it's the main thing that got to me...
...which is why feminism sickens me.
The definition of feminism is "the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women EQUAL to those of men," and technically, you're saying that it sickens you how men don't have more rights than women. Still, I do understand that you're not trying to say that, and that's precisely why I'm off-put by super-hardcore feminism...they've completely changed people's idea of what feminism is.
Its a real shame but in today's culture of metro-sexual masculinity and the world being overrun (imo) with the feminist message...men everywhere are having their balls cut off in view of equality. Again, im not against women having equal rights, but why should we refrain from embracing what makes men and women different. Why should men be ashamed of the physical advantages they hold over women?
While I do agree that male action heroes shouldn't have to be replaced with females, I also don't think that men should feel threatened or emasculated by strong women. I mean, aside from super hardcore feminists who feel the need to complain about everything, most women don't feel bothered by action movies that are male-dominated...for example, I wasn't bothered by Wolverine, even though the only female character in the movie was the love interest (although there is a good chance that I was blinded by all of the pretty men). Why can't men do the same with a female cast?
And regarding your comment about men not being ashamed of their physical advantages, I sort of agree, but I don't think that women should be depicted as weak in the process. The same could go for men...for example, women typically have a higher emotional quotient than men, but female-dominated movies and TV shows don't usually depict men as unsympathetic and blind (although to say that they never do would definitely be a lie).
Men are slowly but surely not being allowed to be strong, not allowed to take control etc for fear of being unequal.
I'm sorry, but that's kind of ridiculous, don't you think? Men are not, by any means, being drained of their masculinity. Women still aren't treated as equals to men throughout the world, and some day, if we are, men will still be allowed to be strong. It just won't be exclusively men.
Again, its not really the point i was making. View my posts for that, but those under the disillusion that the female heronie is the natural fit for the superhero need a reality check. In reality, they are the outlier in the same way that 'Lynn Hill' is the outlier. They DO however, make for great TV!
You know what? You're right. Clearly, female heroes are a disillusion because we are weak and can't climb rocks with such enormous finesse like you big, strong men. We are obviously the inferior gender and should just shut our damn mouths and start baking pies.
Comments like that are exactly the reason why hardcore feminists can be so insane. Because it gives people the disillusion that men are the only ones who can make contributions to society without being, as you put them, "care-workers."
