Much of postmodern storytelling is predicated on Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey ideas and its being applied to women protagonists.
Joshua Lisec argues in this extended twixter thread that this is a mistake, that a woman’s journey differs from a man’s inherently because of the sex-based differences that are innate and immutable.
It is a fascinating read for those who study the work of J. K. Rowling both because of her public defense of “sex-based” reality contra the “transgender” extremists and because of how much of the Strike-Ellacott series turns on sex roles and how much they are biologically inherent and how much they can be bent in light of vocation.
Hat tip to Kelly for the find!
