Is Daenerys Targaryen the ultimate Feminist fantasy icon? Agree/disagree?

Is Daenerys Targaryen the ultimate Feminist fantasy icon? Agree/disagree?

Is Daenerys Targaryen the ultimate Feminist fantasy icon? Agree/disagree?

Is Daenerys Targaryen the ultimate Feminist fantasy icon? Agree/disagree?

Danerys depicts the ultimate Feminist.
With that being said, I got to thinking about that particular girl’s statement and began to see its validity. Daenerys Targaryen is, in many ways, the archetypical Western feminist, and her depiction in the HBO series only enhances this image. Her connection to the modern feminist narrative is embodied in three primary ways:
She’s extremely privileged. Feminism is a product of privilege. Not all feminists are rich and not all feminists can be called privileged, but the movement itself was clearly born of prosperity and, to this day, remains dominated by the daughters of such prosperity (white, upper-middle class females concentrated primarily in or around major urban areas, especially on the East Coast). They are entirely the products of success built long before them, and it is that same success (wealth, safety, etc) that allows them to wield the influence they do now. Feminism as we know it much less visible outside of the prosperous “developed” western world, and this isn’t a coincidence.
Daenerys is a princess, heir to a vast noble legacy founded hundreds of years before her. It is this privilege that provides her with the power (and the respect for it) that she wields in the show, and allows her to act as “empowered” as she does. She is entirely the product of successes built long before her, and it is that same success that allows her to wield the influence she does now. It is her privilege that allowed her to gain the assistance she needed to become the leader she is.

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No that Arya phsyco is
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Game of Thrones is nothing but rape culture and the objectification of women
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  • I think you probably haven't watched the show if you think she's the product of her family's former prosperity.

    Her family was slaughtered.
    Her father was reviled.
    She was hunted by the enemies of her family since birth.
    She was a penniless orphan beholden to the graciousness of others who only protected her because of the potential profit it provided them.
    She was sold into marriage by her physically abusive brother for his own gain.
    She was raped by her arranged husband who had no interest in her legacy.
    She was cursed by a witch to be unable to bear children.

    Then...

    Her grace and strength won over her husband who fell in love with her and elevated her above the typical status of a Khaleesi.
    She led her adoptive tribe (who initially dismissed her because she was a woman) through a wasteland into prosperity and earned their adoration through her own perseverance.
    She surrounded herself with powerful people of different backgrounds who were loyal to her for her own choices and qualities, not her name.
    She built an empire through conquests of the wicked in a distant land where her name meant nothing and carried no weight.
    She built a following through gracious leadership of the downtrodden and discarded.

    A feminist icon? Sure... but not a product of prosperity inherited from men.

    • reading your other comments, it's even more obvious you haven't watched the show or read the books.

  • i don't give a shit, she's hot! too bad she fucks with dudes like seth mcfarlane :/

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  • I think there are many strong female characters in the show, each is unique and has different strengths, Margaery is politically savvy and knows how to manipulate people. Brienne is strong and an excellent fighter. Arya is also a bad ass, she's independent and knows how to survive. And there are other strong female characters, even if they are a little evil like Cersei or frank like Oleana.

    I think Dany is very much a child. She is strong and has confidence, something that she should be proud of because she was beaten down so much as a child. I do like her, but I also want to see her grow more in terms of wisdom.

    • Me too. I love her scenes in the show, and I love characters interacting with her in the books. She's truly one of a kind. And I can't wait to see what happens to her since shit hit the fan in King's Landing.

    • I just hope she gets her tits out again.

  • She's porn fantasy not a feminist fnatasy.

    As for power yielded from past endeavors, everyone who is in position of power understanding on the shoulders of other before them... the entire political system is based on privileged for " fAthers".

    • was based now it based on the privilege of being a white woman just ask hillary Clinton to check her privilege

  • I agree that game of thrones has some strong female characters.

    You're wrong about everything else

    • or am I right?

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  • No that would be Gloria Steinem.

    • The Mexican singer from the 80's who sang doctor beat?

    • No... Wiki it. 😑

    • Oh fun fact, she's Christian Bale's Stepmom.

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  • I agree. I love Dany. She's strong, independent, and graceful, Plus drop dead gorgeous. I love that she has a heart for Drogo and his people.

    • despite the rape culture.

  • I prefer Arya because she is a true feminist role model who doesn't have men do everything for her.

  • I don't know about feminist icon I mean she doesn't bitch and whine 24/7 and actually does something useful.

    • like?

    • she tried to abolish slavery that's something and at least she's no one's bitch and is trying to make her own way to the throne.

    • thats the dream of white feminists everywhere to free slaves.

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