Talk:Ochimusha/@comment-4407082-20161108183225/@comment-29602226-20161108221505

I too, don't like female warrior characters who have the "you have to defeat me/be stronger than me" requirement.

I can understand a female warrior looking for skill in combat and bravery in a potential mate... it is a honest and respectable thing if you want your mate to have the same qualities you try hard to develope in yourself... If you think something is very important, be it strength, intelligence, kindness, virtue or whatever, it is natural to desire that quality both in yourself and in your mate.

What I don't like is the "you have to be STRONGER than me" thing. It kinda undermines the strong female character, because it shows that, under that strong facade, she doesn't want to be as good (or better) as any man... she wants her man to be stronger than her. She still wants to be the weaker part of the team.

What if the man you love upheld similar values, and refused to accept as his mate a woman weaker than himself? What if the only man you can respect as such doesn't respect you because you are weaker than him?