She’s finally able to push the tribe into the future and take her place as one of Pakku’s students, although disappointingly, his respect for her only appears once he identifies her as the granddaughter of the woman he once loved. “I’ll be outside if you’re man enough to fight me,” Katara spits at Master Pakku, and the two engage in an impressive icy showdown that leaves Katara in a state of primal rage. When Katara and Aang finally find the waterbending master they’ve been hoping to meet all season, they’re shocked when he refuses to teach Katara, instead telling her to stick with the more feminine art of water-based healing. We already knew that sexism existed in the avatar world (thanks, early Sokka) but the misogyny on display in “The Waterbending Master,” which is embodied by a male tribal elder and influenced by centuries of tradition, is a trickier topic to tackle.
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