Ever notice how writers often portray Action Hero characters and Action Girl characters in ways that often still emphasize gender stereotypes? Men Act, Women Are - Male badasses go out and beat up the enemy...female "badasses" sometimes do, but are often Chickified so the men can act and be awesome. Women can still get sympathy (or at least some people believe they can, though many hate Chickification like me for example) just by being women...or providing Fan Service...which leads to...