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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mustard" data-source="post: 387527" data-attributes="member: 46">Not all that different. There would still be things like a power dynamic between J.R. and Sue Ellen, even with female writers. If they are doing their jobs properly, they aren't preaching their morality or politics to the audience, but reflecting the accurate behaviours of the characters from that place and time.In the 1970s, there would be some women in Britain saying "We need a female Prime Minister", inferring that a female Prime Minister would be kinder and less warmongering, yet when Britain actually got a female Prime Minister she became worse than all the male Prime Ministers before her combined. Women who have risen to powerful positions, especially where there's much sexist attitudes, have either had to suck up to the boss, or have had to double down extra hard to get noticed and rise through the ranks that way. The latter can be more ruthless than the male bosses.</blockquote>