content: Rant: Has anyone noticed this change in media culture over the last two decades? Hey, I'm not an MRA but I get where you guys are coming from on a lot of issues.  There's one thing that really bugs me lately and it's been getting worse and worse. Media culture, especially from the US, seems to be convincing itself that women are physically stronger, faster, and more agile than men.  In every single action/scifi movie or TV show if there's a female character, it's guaranteed that the first scene that introduces her she will be threatening a man with a weapon. It's guaranteed there will be a scene depicting her beating up multiple large muscular grown men. There is ALWAYS an extremely conspicuous scene where she is shown to be better than a man at something. And if there's a hacker or a mechanic, it's always a hot woman. Basically the show becomes all about the woman and how awesome and great she is. The other characters will compliment her in ways that just seem tacked on. "Don't mess with her, she's a badass". Really? People just don't talk like that in real life. It's just so obviously put there to pander to women because they love being complimented and validated.  It's getting to the point where there's nothing solely aimed at men, and there can't be a male protagonist that isn't outdone in some way by the female co-star. If there's a female featured, it's guaranteed that she's better and more powerful. To say nothing of the hundreds of shows and movies that feature skinny women protagonists with stick thin noodle arms "kicking ass" by beating up trained soldiers/mercenaries/thugs.  I don't mind female characters but why do they all have to have male roles and be depicted as doing it better than the men? Apart from being annoying, it's also fucking stupid and requires way too much suspension of disbelief. There's no way Scarlett Johanssen could beat up six guys with her bare hands. Even tough chicks with actual muscle like Rhonda Rousey wouldn't be able to take on a man who was trained to kill.  Thank fuck we have mindless testosterone filled games like DOOM and Far Cry where we can shoot people in the face and blow shit up, but this stupid trend is even finding its way into our games now.  I'm around women all fucking day long. I have to put up with their mood swings and their drama. When I come home I'm around my wife and her friends. I love women, they're caring and nice and they make you feel like superman, but I have to get away from them sometimes. They start grating on me and I get irritable. But now I can't even escape from them in my entertainment. Please someone, tell me that this is just a phase and it will balance out soon.