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== [[Comic Books]] ==
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* Subverted in the [[Furry Fandom|furry]] comic, ''[[Albedo: Erma Felna EDF]] '', where the title character, a scrupulously professional female military officer who has had to deal with sexist opposition at work, is convinced by her [[Genki Girl|vivacious]] friend, Toki, to go shopping. In doing so, Erma finds that occasionally engaging such feminine activities like getting and wearing a sexy dress to attract the attentions of males is fun to do sometimes on her off time. However, she and Toki are no less [[Badass]]es for their fun considering the second they spot a potential terrorist, they instantly have him covered with their own guns.
* Parodied in Rick Veitch's ''Brat Pack'', with [[Straw Feminist]] superhero Moon Maiden. As she teaches her sidekick Lunar Lass, emotion and weakness are one and the same to warrior women. Attachments and relationships are for little girls and weaklings. When Lunar Lass gets pregnant, Moon Maiden freaks and speechifies about how a warrior woman needs no one, especially not a child. So she forces her to give herself an abortion with a wire hanger because she can't be a strong or respectable woman if she has a baby.
* In the case of the Argentinian comic strip ''[[Mafalda]]'', while Mafalda's ideas on women's rights were advanced by the standards of [[The Sixties]] and [[The Seventies]], they come as [[Straw Feminist|more rude and stuck-up than well-intentioned]] to modern readers. Specially when she constantly and very rudely tells her [[Housewife]] mother Raquel that she's "useless" and "mediocre" because she chose to raise Mafalda at home than juggle with work/college and motherhood.
* Averted with Mary Jane Watson, the wife of ''[[Spider-Man (Comic Book)|Spider-Man]]''. A model/actress who is never seen out of tight formfitting clothing, and often repairs Peter's suit and tends to his injuries. She also once beat the Chameleon half to death with a baseball bat. And a rapist with a cue stick. And shot [[Green Goblin]]. And learnt how to fight from many different trainers, one of which was Captain America himself. In short, MJ is a very feminine and loving wife, but is also ''very'' [[Badass Normal|Badass]] for a model with a reputation for getting kidnapped.
* Parodied as early as the 1950s, with "perfect little lady" Janie Jackson being teased and compared unfavorably to the superheroine Tomboy ("That's what I call a real girl!") by her older brother, who [[Loves My Alter Ego|never realised that Janie and Tomboy were the same person.]]
* The creation of ''[[Wonder Woman]]'' was William Moulton Marston's attempt to address this in society:
{{quote|"Not even girls want to be girls so long as our feminine archetype lacks force, strength, and power. Not wanting to be girls, they don't want to be tender, submissive, peace-loving as good women are. Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman."}}
 
== [[Live Action TV]] ==
'''Please move these examples to [[Real Women Don't Wear Dresses/Live-Action TV]]'''
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