Okay, that makes some sense out of what was rattling around in my head-- the notion that men have to be less so that the woman (the only woman) can be more.
There is some parallel in that often a heroic man is surrounded by lesser men-- the action hero can have a comedic sidekick and even some bumbling competitors, but no real threats to his supremacy.
At the same time, we have buddy films with matched pairs of equally-competent men, and we have ensemble-type groups with men of equal degrees of competence. So now I'm trying to think of any film or tv examples of womanly ensembles with equally competent female leads. I'm going to put my thinking cap on there.
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