I'm one of those people who believes anything can be written - it just has to be justified or explained well and believably. I've seen pedestrian stuff that didn't work because of poor justification, and I've seen the fabulously improbable that was pulled off very well because of a good backstory.
And when it comes to women and what they can and can't do, I believe there's too much political bullshit that can be read into certain things. Either they're capable of it and it's explained, or they're not, and that's explained. If it can't be explained adequately, the character doesn't need to be doing it - female or male. (I would *love* to watch Elizabeth Swann and not feel like I'm going to be quizzed later by half of fandom about what Friedan ideals she is or isn't exemplifying.)
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Date: 2007-04-19 02:53 am (UTC)And when it comes to women and what they can and can't do, I believe there's too much political bullshit that can be read into certain things. Either they're capable of it and it's explained, or they're not, and that's explained. If it can't be explained adequately, the character doesn't need to be doing it - female or male. (I would *love* to watch Elizabeth Swann and not feel like I'm going to be quizzed later by half of fandom about what Friedan ideals she is or isn't exemplifying.)