I can think of only two movies with women killers were meant to sympathize with, and both because theyd been sexually assaultedThelma and Louise and Monster. And to be honest, I dont imagine anyone would call the women in these films heroes. The popular comic book mercenary Red Sonja is, perhaps, a proper hero, but is, once again, motivated by a sexual assault. Male heroes are heroic because of whats been done to women in their lives, oftenthe dead child, the dead wife. Women heroes are also heroic for whats been done to women to them.We build our heroes, too often, on terrible things done to women, instead of creating, simply, heroes who do things, who persevere in the face of overwhelming odds because its the right thing to do.
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