A thought on women and heroics.
Jan. 14th, 2011 08:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
theweaselkingSomeone (and I think it's perhaps telling about ME that I can't remember who) said that women who act in a heroic manner are not properly recognised.
And the two examples that IMMEDIATELY come to mind are Patricia Maisch, who attacked and took That Guy Who Doesn't Deserve My Google Juice's ammunition away when he tried to reload after shooting Congresscritter Gifford, and Judy Rebick, who stopped Augusto Dantas from killing Henry Morgentaler in 1983 and whose Wikipedia entry doesn't even mention it, although Morgentaler's does.
And at the same time, I don't remember who, male or female, stopped John Hinkley, Sirhan Sirhan, or Squeaky Fromme.
So my question is: Are heroic females improperly discounted? Am I part of the problem? If so, who should I be respecting?
And the two examples that IMMEDIATELY come to mind are Patricia Maisch, who attacked and took That Guy Who Doesn't Deserve My Google Juice's ammunition away when he tried to reload after shooting Congresscritter Gifford, and Judy Rebick, who stopped Augusto Dantas from killing Henry Morgentaler in 1983 and whose Wikipedia entry doesn't even mention it, although Morgentaler's does.
And at the same time, I don't remember who, male or female, stopped John Hinkley, Sirhan Sirhan, or Squeaky Fromme.
So my question is: Are heroic females improperly discounted? Am I part of the problem? If so, who should I be respecting?