Sophia McDougall Hates Strong Female Characters, with Good Reason

"Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude, a polymath genius. Female characters get to be Strong."

Sophia McDougall explores "Strong Heroines," and how this flawed idea of feminine strength limits true equality. Please read her full, fascinating post the New Statesman.