Comments by "Jim Luebke" (@jimluebke3869) on "Trope Talk: Manly Men!" video.

  1. The deal here is you're picking the term "strong" as the character trait. Strength is cognitively linked to physical strength, and men are typically physically stronger than women. I would think the solution would be, to pick a descriptor rather than "strong" if you want to have a positive trait that maps to women as often as men. "Smart", "Wise", "Witty", "Charming" - these all have their own associations, but they're more gender-balanced than (perhaps physical) strength. As far as why there are so many straight white males as characters out there... - The vast, vast majority of people are straight. - About half of people are male. - Chances are if you're writing in English, you're white. - If someone is writing what they know, chances aren't quite fifty-fifty they're going to pick a white, straight man, but they'll be much, much higher to be that than any given specific intersection you could imagine. So..... Yeah.
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