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Not really: The reason the Action Girl and Non Action Guy are seen as subversions to what we\'d expect comes from the historical view that men are the strong fearless badasses and women are the screaming helpless damsels. To have a woman do all the fighting and have the male sidekick be more of the background/non-fighter type is sort of progressive in a way. It shows that female characters don\'t have to just get kidnapped by the greasy bad guys and males don\'t have to be badasses all the time. It\'s supposed to be a good thing that the guy isn\'t always invincible (which, theoretically, might make him more relatable) and the chick gets to save the day. How is that a double standard?
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Not really: The reason the ActionGirl and NonActionGuy are seen as [[SubvertedTrope subversions]] to what we\\\'d expect comes from the historical view that [[ActionHero men are the strong fearless]] [[{{Badass}} badasses]] and [[TheChick women are]] the [[DistressedDamsel screaming helpless damsels]]. To have a woman do all the fighting and have the male sidekick be more of the background/non-fighter type is sort of progressive in a way. It shows that [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale female characters]] don\\\'t have to just get kidnapped by the greasy bad guys and [[ThisLoserIsYou males]] don\\\'t have to be badasses all the time. It\\\'s supposed to be a good thing that the guy isn\\\'t always invincible (which, [[{{YMMV}} theoretically]], [[AudienceSurrogate might make him more relatable]]) and the chick gets to save the day. How is that a double standard?
