>>122807267>Why exactly having a man as a mentor is something that "takes away" from the character?>t. love using mentor figures in my writing in generalSpeaking as a geek lady, it’s really annoying when lady characters in spec fic are supposedly powerful but can’t really stand on their own, they get their power or position from a male mentor, or their father, their love interest, etc.
It’s refreshing to see genuinely powerful women finally represented in mainstream media nowadays, but we still have a long way to go.
We need genuinely independent women who aren’t defined by the men in their lives. I don’t do things for men, most women don’t either.
We exist for our own reasons, we do things because we want to, not out if an obligation to please a nonexistent male audience.
