r/StarWars • u/ryanwosleger • Mar 08 '21

Happy International Women’s Day! Without you the galaxy would be a boring place. Meta

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u/istarisaints Mar 08 '21

Yea because the most important characteristic of any woman represented in Star Wars is that they defy gender stereotypes.

What is with that? A woman can be badass and feminine as fuck. Being badass and girly are not mutually exclusive.

Whether or not a character aligns with arbitrary gender stereotypes should mean jack shit. There’s much more to a person than how they style their hair or if they’re a macho woman.

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u/AdonisGaming93 Mar 08 '21

Which is gina carano, you literally described her and it was what she even talked about in her ben shapiro interview. I never said she wasn't feminine but go off.

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u/istarisaints Mar 08 '21

Oh sorry dude when you said “ She is literally the definiion of defying gender stereotypes” I thought you meant “She is literally the definiion of defying gender stereotypes.”

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u/AdonisGaming93 Mar 08 '21

Yes...which does not mean badass and feminine and mutually exclusive.

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u/istarisaints Mar 09 '21

I suppose you may actually be genuine right now so I’ll say I misinterpreted what you were saying.

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u/AdonisGaming93 Mar 09 '21

Personally I also like when I see tough independent dudes who cry to sad movies. Me for example whip out Frozen 2 and I'll cry guaranteed when Elsa sees her mom. But at the gym I me there lifting more each week to try and stay strong and healthy.

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u/istarisaints Mar 09 '21

Dude this is what I’m talking about. There’s much more important character traits than whether or not they go along with arbitrary gender stereotypes.

I see I did correctly understand what you meant and I can confidently say you should reevaluate what you find important in characters.

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u/AdonisGaming93 Mar 09 '21

No you still didnt if you brought up femininity and badass being not mutually exclusive. I never said they were.

In Star Wars it's true that we have not really seen it outside of legends or older canon. Plus she didn't come off to me as just being a girl beast, so that probably also depends on just how her character seemed to you vs me or someone else.

Stuff like this is subjective so we aren't going to agree on everything. I was hoping we were going to get more of her and go into her backstory as a trooper. Whether I disagree with what the actress thinks I was hoping to see more of Cara Dune but oh well.