Talk:Iroh (United Forces general)/@comment-2.219.69.184-20121115154331/@comment-3005995-20121118205250

OP, there's no need to go rabid feminist over a family show. Sexism has never been touched upon, or even implied, throughout both series. As others have said, there are plenty of strong female characters in Lin (who I consider just as butt-kickingly awesome as Iroh), Asami (who looked eligible for roll of damsel in distress and proved everyone wrong by tazering her own father and several Equalist grunts), and Korra, for obvious reasons.

You also seem to be forgetting that it's showing both sexes in an equal light. Back in the real life parallel of this time, women had little to no rights. They couldn't vote, couldn't work in many jobs, rarely lived on their own; here we're seeing Lin, an unmarried woman as the leader of the police force, which women would never have even been considered in the 20's and 30's. Plus, having a female representative shows that women not only can get an education, but they can go into a political career, which until somewhat recently hasn't been seen very often.