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A '''Heinlein heroine''' is a female character who is smart (often smarter than the men around her), competent, and super-attractive, but is ultimately driven by her biological need to bear children and (in the non-YA novels) to have sex with the Heinlein heroes. | A '''Heinlein heroine''' is a female character who is a [[strong female character]]: smart (often smarter than the men around her), competent, strong of will, and super-attractive, but is ultimately driven by her biological need to bear children and (in the non-YA novels) to have sex with the Heinlein heroes. | ||
When people say "but wasn't [[Robert A. Heinlein]] feminist?" they mean that he created [[strong female character]]s. While this is one aspect of feminist and non-sexist [[characterization]], it neglects other aspects, including the [[plot]] (what happens to the SFCs), other aspects of [[characterization]] (like the SFCs' burning desire to get married and have sex with Heinlein heroes), [[worldbuilding]] (particularly realistic social worldbuilding), and [[psychosocial realism]] (having characters respond realistically to their social settings, including sexism, racism, etc.). | |||
Examples of Heinlein heroines include: | Examples of Heinlein heroines include: | ||
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A Heinlein heroine is a female character who is a strong female character: smart (often smarter than the men around her), competent, strong of will, and super-attractive, but is ultimately driven by her biological need to bear children and (in the non-YA novels) to have sex with the Heinlein heroes.
When people say "but wasn't Robert A. Heinlein feminist?" they mean that he created strong female characters. While this is one aspect of feminist and non-sexist characterization, it neglects other aspects, including the plot (what happens to the SFCs), other aspects of characterization (like the SFCs' burning desire to get married and have sex with Heinlein heroes), worldbuilding (particularly realistic social worldbuilding), and psychosocial realism (having characters respond realistically to their social settings, including sexism, racism, etc.).
Examples of Heinlein heroines include:
- Podkayne of Podkayne of Mars
- Friday of Friday