GameofThrones strikes a blow for feminism, but that doesn't mean the way it portrays women isn't problematic.
If Joffrey didn't quite manage to do it, Ramsay certainly put paid to all Sansa's notions of what it means to be a princess. She started out loving clothes and makeup and wanted nothing more than to be arm candy and raise children. But soon she hardened up and learnt that, to get ahead, brutality rules.
A defining moment in Melisandre's character development was when she revealed her true self in front of a mirror as a 400-year-old crone - she had been using a glamour spell to disguise her repulsive appearance so she could manipulate the men of the series - certainly an ageist and sexist trope if ever there was one: the woman who not only pretends to be something other than she is but who also pretends to be more desirable than she is.
We couldn't fault Catelyn Stark as a character to admire, but she let her emotions get the better of her when she let Jaime Lannister go, hoping to exchange him for her two daughters. Not surprisingly, she ended up dead, betrayed more by her motherly nature than any malevolent character.- who will sit on the Iron Throne? - the answer is obvious if you look at who has survived until now. The most brutal will win the day.
Sure,"masculine traits" aren't only for men, as"feminine" ones aren't only for women, and most of us will cheer when revenge is wrought by a character once thought of as helpless over those who have taken advantage of her.
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