I'd rather it was that way round myself, than the other.
though the best solution would be to have strong men and women, but try and avoid gender stereotyping, so you don't always have a sweet female doctor masquerading as being of actual use.
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:45, 1 reply, 14 years ago)

I think better would be to think of
characters not necessarily as strong or weak, but as rounded. I'm crap at a lot of things, I need to see faults in characters before I can identify.

I think making female characters without flaws (which is something which does keep cropping up, along with the fact they have to be skinny and pretty) makes them more alien and actual demonstrates an idealised male gaze...blah blah blah..boring myself now
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Sat 17 Sep 2011, 21:50, Reply)