Very good male and female role models both

of course, Moses (and God obviously, but I mean humans of course), Jethro and Aaron after he changes his ways are the only guys worth admiring (Ramses would an admirable character but was, of course, the villain) but Miriam, Tzipporah, and Jocheved were great. Miriam is very warm and inspiring, gentle yet outspoken. Tzipporah is a very quiet, private person yet very fiery. Moses' and Miriam's mom did something most people could never do, even though it meant saving her baby. They were all strong women, quite unlike many heroines made today, animated or otherwise, obsessed with pseudo-independence and "not needing a man" (neither did Miriam, but that doesn't make her cool or better than anyone else). Tzipporah reminds me of a stronger upgrade to Esmeralda, not needing to use her looks to seduce men.

One does not need to be a man with breasts, a loud tomboy, a spitfire with a gun or a radical feminist to be a great woman. Don't ever be foolish enough to confuse gentleness with weakness, or a quiet nature with passive (which isn't always bad anyway, people today are just too aggressive).

Joseph was also a great male role model in Joseph: King of Dreams. Good male role models seem to be found wanting even more so than female ones, sadly, it seems. Thankfully, even if you say the Biblical events aren't real (which is another story), it has so many people to look up to, even the villains you can learn from.

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