tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post6089887909304278798..comments2023-07-15T04:20:16.543-05:00Comments on Almost Diamonds: Who's the Hero?Stephanie Zvanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15182490110208080002noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-24552562559184175792010-12-28T22:15:59.342-06:002010-12-28T22:15:59.342-06:00It was a really gutsy move. If a man had done it ...It was a really gutsy move. If a man had done it people would be calling him a hero.george.whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10893495384863805805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-32170804554835820602010-12-22T15:25:43.123-06:002010-12-22T15:25:43.123-06:00Because she is a woman. Doing dangerous life-thre...Because she is a woman. Doing dangerous life-threatening things is only heroic for males because it is one of the criteria that male leaders use to allocate kudos and allow less powerful males to move up the social hierarchy so they can join the elite males at the top and have access to the females that those elite males control. <br /><br />A female derives no benefit from being heroic, so in the eyes of those who dole out heroic kudos, she can't be. <br /><br />The reason male leaders allocate heroic kudos this way is so that there will always be plenty of cannon fodder for the wars that they use for self-enrichment via war profiteering and through plunder.daedalus2uhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10416564922288784455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-75140443995974228432010-12-22T12:48:15.257-06:002010-12-22T12:48:15.257-06:00Heather's got a great point above. :-)
Sadly,...Heather's got a great point above. :-)<br /><br />Sadly, it's because <em>he</em> was more or less successful, and <em>she</em> was more or less not successful.<br /><br />Not only do we have two standards (still) when it comes to gender, but unfair standards when it comes to labels like 'hero'.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38764987.post-10148786852481081872010-12-19T08:00:23.134-06:002010-12-19T08:00:23.134-06:00Because it was a second-hand purse. Those just ar...Because it was a second-hand purse. Those just aren't heroic. Now if she'd risked a genuine Gucci bag...Heather M. Rosahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17531766752385785489noreply@blogger.com