Sexism as a trigger issue. Racism too, but I don't want to go off track.
How much sexism are you expecting anyone to cope with in a particular body of work before considering it too flawed to want to consume?
For me, sexism and racism are both fatal flaws, and I would consider them reasons for outright rejection. I don't need to consider the merits of the rest of the work, because those are both valid reasons for rejecting them outright.
Much like a person I'm considering dating. If you're hot, intelligent, wealthy, and otherwise an incredible catch--if you reveal that you are sexist (or racist), you're automatically disqualified. I don't want you, and I don't appreciate your other qualities, goodbye.
If I were writing a critical essay about one of these novels from a feminist approach, I would be concentrating on exactly these things.
That means that I would be consciously "going off on a trigger issue."
Would that make me the same kind of short-sighted idiot? I mean, there is an entire critical discipline devoted to it.
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Re: hoo boy, this opens up a can of worms....
Date: 2010-05-05 10:19 pm (UTC)Sexism as a trigger issue. Racism too, but I don't want to go off track.
How much sexism are you expecting anyone to cope with in a particular body of work before considering it too flawed to want to consume?
For me, sexism and racism are both fatal flaws, and I would consider them reasons for outright rejection. I don't need to consider the merits of the rest of the work, because those are both valid reasons for rejecting them outright.
Much like a person I'm considering dating. If you're hot, intelligent, wealthy, and otherwise an incredible catch--if you reveal that you are sexist (or racist), you're automatically disqualified. I don't want you, and I don't appreciate your other qualities, goodbye.
If I were writing a critical essay about one of these novels from a feminist approach, I would be concentrating on exactly these things.
That means that I would be consciously "going off on a trigger issue."
Would that make me the same kind of short-sighted idiot? I mean, there is an entire critical discipline devoted to it.