Q for women: how would Campbell's monomyth/hero's journey be different if it were the heroine's journey? Opinions or citations on this?
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women's journey is abt proving desirability same as males. only desirablility is located elsewhere.
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that is definitely not the point of the male version.
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really? i liked what someone said about leaving home, proving your value and coming back.
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home can be island, adventure can be fight against nature. Others not required for basic structure to work. Enemy is yourself.
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i honestly kind of think that's what the hero tells themself but is not actually what is going on. or is not the whole thing, at least.

