http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2013/06/27/james_gandolfini_and_the_male_anti_hero_why_we_ll_never_have_a_female_tony.html

Because, as Alyssa Rosenberg explains, "there really isn't an equivalent framework available for women, who get penalized rather than rewarded for displaying masculine traits like aggression, physical force, ambition, or selfishness."
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