Strong female character

For example, the titular character in Mulan famously rejects her feminine appearance to become a warrior by cutting her long hair with a sword.

[6] She points out that "Sherlock Holmes gets to be brilliant, solitary, abrasive, Bohemian, whimsical, brave, sad, manipulative, neurotic, vain, untidy, fastidious, artistic, courteous, rude, a polymath genius.

[6] In analyzing characters that fall under this archetype, it was shown that they are often created with a narrow, male-influenced features that stereotype what it means to be strong.

When these roles are displayed with a small scope of characteristics, it becomes the default expectation for what a woman should be while leaving so many other types of women underrepresented.

[8] Kelly Faircloth of the feminist blog Jezebel believes that strong female characters are not enough or required, but that women must have integral roles in the plot apart from helping men realize theirs (rather than, "seamlessly replace[able] with a floor lamp").