Cassidy portrays a strong female who has seen the worst humanity has to offer.

"I don't know if it's choice or a strong female on the other end and you do it or they threaten you with your life."

"She's a strong, healthy young female who's now pregnant with twins," Mitch said firmly.

"Or a strong female," I said, and then immediately wished I hadn't.

Although he had a strong female following, his explicit right-wing position and unstable relations with co-workers led to frequent job losses.

She is an independent, strong female who acts as an equal to the series' protagonist Drake.

"Prides with really strong females don't get taken over much," Pierce said, "because you gotta sleep sometimes."

The women's movement ushered in a slough of programming featuring strong, independent females as central characters.

Certainly the US has its fair share of spectacularly successful, strong females.

I grew up in a strong female dominated society.