A great topic! I have a vague feeling that there are middle-aged nuns/mothers superior who are protagonists, mostly as detectives, though I can't name them right now. But if I'm right, then... interesting that women who are outside the general perception of female sexuality can be protagonists.
It's the old male gaze problem: women being assessed pretty well exclusively in terms of sexual attractiveness/availability, but women who are ruled out of that category (the wise-old-woman, nuns) becoming visible as people.
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Date: 2014-12-11 01:38 am (UTC)It's the old male gaze problem: women being assessed pretty well exclusively in terms of sexual attractiveness/availability, but women who are ruled out of that category (the wise-old-woman, nuns) becoming visible as people.