The idea of "strong female characters' in dramas.

(I initially put it in the wrong subforum, hope it's deleted now)

I'm talking mostly about korean and chinese ones, as I haven't watched more than 50 dramas from other asian countries.

In the chinese and korean dramas, a strong woman is someone who drinks excessively and curses and hits men on the head with her hands or a bunch of files or any other house/office object.  She is someone who shouts at her subordinates at work and hits her hand on the desk and shrieks orders during meetings. (Just like a male boss with low self-esteem, hahaha) The writers probably think that when gratuitous violence and toxic workplace behaviour comes from a pretty, slim, sweet-faced woman with perfect hair, it's cute. They think that being toxic equals being strong. 

Generally, it looks like if we asked a male actor to play that role and made the role for an ML, there would be no difference.  So, where is the "strong" FL element ?

Thank you. I haven't seen any of these. I may try them later.

I usually watch action/adventure/mystery and some  business-related plots that are not heavy on romance. In almost all of them, the woman is either violent or drunk. I don't think a woman hitting her husband on the head or kicking her colleagues or slapping her kids or shouting orders and insulting her employees or customers is a strong woman. I hate this behaviour in men and I equally hate it in women.

I avoid romances because usually the woman loves a stalker or a blackmailer or takes back a cheater or quits everything for a boyfriend, so maybe I have missed some good ones with really strong female characters in this types of shows.

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(I must have watched double kdramas and kmovies than cdramas and cmovies, but I didn't list them here to keep the list easy to use for chinese language. I've watched many boring works for this reason!)

Thanks, I will watch a few minutes to see how it goes. 

I don't mind romances, as long as they are not stupidly written and they don't spend 4/5 of the episode crying for love in pretty hairstyles.

I think she can handle her life on her own. I don't like her very much, but I like her priorities, when she says things like "I know there is a mystery, but food and heat are more important in life, so I chose to work".  

I don't really like violent characters, but I understand that in this type of show, the heroes have a certain life style or else the story doesn't make sense. Also, she doesn't just kick people like a drunk in bar brawls, she doesn't use her skills unless she needs to.

On this I would just like to say that every person's definition of strong FL is different.

and not every drama is about

 cchristina:

that when gratuitous violence and toxic workplace behaviour comes from a pretty, slim, sweet-faced woman with perfect hair, it's cute. They think that being toxic equals being strong. 

I would be happy if you give your definition of strong FL. And some suggestions that I would also like to see.

Everyone is welcome from my side for suggestions.