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Avengers: Age of Ultron wrote Natasha Romanoff so badly that it was hilarious, and also gave her barely any screen time. But I'm tired of people saying that she was written badly because one of her most painful memories was being sterilized, or the fact that she considered herself to be a monster because she couldn't give birth. She isn't less of a strong female character because she wanted the capacity to bear children. If you think a woman's desire to bear children, or to want the capacity to bear children is somehow non-feminist, you should take a nice nap and think about why you would think that way. Natasha had her autonomy taken from her. She was in a line of work that took advantage of the fact that she was a woman. She was told she was nothing but a whore and a weapon. She was never nurtured, and was never given the chance or the option to nurture someone else, whether it was a child or a love interest. Natasha considering herself to be a monster because she was altered in a permanent way is harmful, but not abnormal or an insignificant characterization.