Have we Bastardized the Meaning of the Word HERO?

Romance writers use the word HERO differently. The heroes in our books are hot and manly and they take good care of their women. But while that's sexy as hell, does that really make them heroes? Now obviously the romance industry uses the term differently and that's fine. But in real life I don't think we should demean the word.

I've been feeling prickly on this subject for a while now. Society