Talk:Nutcracker/@comment-24231905-20150922074546/@comment-68.32.116.146-20150923000113

^ That's a very interesting and well written article.

I do think that whether Nutcracker is empowered or conforming to social expectations as an adult is debatable. She was certianly victimized by social expectations of beauty as a child. I don't think all fictional characters have to be empowered as long is it's made clear that objectification and forcing women to cultural norms is wrong. To have completely psychologically healthy empowered women in a setting like that of Tokyo Ghoul seems unrealistic to me personally.

To pretend that a victimized women is not victimized in a work of fiction is wrong in my opinion. However, pretending that victimized women don't actually exist so they are never portrayed in fiction is equally wrong in my opinion. I think another good question is "Is this women being elevated as a role model for other women and girls?".