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Can A Woman Have A Hero Story?
"A man must become, but a woman simply is." What can Camille Paglia's famous quote teach us about the feminine hero story?
By Margarita Bulgakova6 min read
What does it mean to have a "hero" story? A hero is an archetypal ideal for a man. It’s the most athletic, capable, handsome, intelligent, and valiant version of a man. It’s an abstraction of every single good to which a man may aspire, combined in one mythic image that guides our actions. To approach this ideal is to have lived a good life as a man.