Three Times Two

2006-12-02joanofarc148

Women rule the world. Hillary may have lost, but strong women will rule the world. Mark my words.

Strong women especially fictional strong women, like strong men, are independent, brave and militant. They don’t comply with demands and situations which obviously are incorrect, unjust or wrong. They never take a subservient, second rate position of their sex for granted. They don’t give in to threats and oppression. In stead they outwit the opponents or face these problems even if it looks like at the outset they don’t stand a chance. They differ from men in that they have to rely more on intelligence and perseverance than on physical power. In other words: Grrrrrlpower is mainly mental power. That’s, in my perception, the image movie directors seem to create of strong women.

Here are six examples I admire. Two from each of three different parts of the world.

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