Whose idea was it for Kara Mann to pull a Subaru?
Not her chiropractor's.
Well, in no small regard you can blame the pop-culture factory of Hollyweird for why they might feel that way with them constantly having implausible looking (short and [s]small[/s] tiny in build) women beating the crap out of guys in movies/tv who are far larger, vastly outweigh and…would be stronger then them in the real world.
And the fact that, when present–larger, capable women are portrayed as undesirable (psychologically and socially) within the context of their storylines. But I don't blame Hollywood if people can't (won't?) separate reality from fantasy. Commercial media has been used to manipulate people into buying products and maintaining the status quo of capitalist societies since day one. There's bound to be confusion if one takes his social cues from deceptive media of any kind.
We've come a long way – regressed backwards, from the era of Linda Hamilton in T2, in which she had a plausible appearance (and character-wise, the mental toughness) to physically take on and take out her male opponents.
That "mental toughness" was branded psychosis and plot-wise, caused problems for the other characters in the film. Her ruthlessness and singular focus was meant to be frightening and out-of-control. Yes, Hamilton was an obvious excellent physical specimen at the time, and in hindsight, the impetus for the few buff heroines (and actresses) that emerged in the mid-Nineties, but Sarah Connor as a character was never meant to be admired for her appearance or abilities by people who don't like muscular women. She was a pit bull, and the teen John Connor was her choke chain. Unless I missed it, we still have not seen the admirable muscular female character–that is, admirable to the other characters–as the lead in a mainstream film.
I do believe that the majority of men (who I'd unequivocally describe as "normal") are simply afraid of women who look any part of physically capable. If not psychologically/physically (chemically?) afraid, at least fearful of having their role suborned by the being who's "naturally" supposed to be subordinate (whether we're talking about physical strength, social status, providence, or Providence)–the female. I see it again and again. So-called "men" expressing fear of muscular women. "She makes me afraid"–it's so off-the-cuff as to be cliché. It doesn't seem to be particular to Hollywood suits, age group, or a particular culture or background.
The other camp is occupied by men who are only interested in women for their sexuality, and if they're not attracted to a particular woman, they've no interest in what she can do, has done, or has to say. Their loss.
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