You, who is hopping up and down upset about Harry Dresden sexism, which is portrayed in the books as a FLAW of Harry's, and is NOT something that is glorified or portrayed as a positive attribute, YOU are a fan of a character who has had unwilling sex with MULTIPLE male characters in the series, INCLUDING a SIXTEEN year old boy?!?
Sooooooo, a main male character who has an old fashioned chauvinist attitude that is painted as a flaw and pointed out to him repeatedly as such is "too problematic" and you won't read them. But a book that has a main female character who takes away men's self control, their ability to say no and fucks them, including a minor boy, THAT'S fine. Rape isn't rape when it's a woman doing it?
"The books seem sexist, and that's a problem for me. I don't care that it's "just entertainment."
It seems, then that what you mean is that the books are sexist against women, and that's a problem for you. When a book is sexist against men, that's no problem at all.
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asenathwaite
Re: hoo boy, this opens up a can of worms....
Date: 2010-05-06 12:48 am (UTC)Wait...wait. WHAT?
You, who is hopping up and down upset about Harry Dresden sexism, which is portrayed in the books as a FLAW of Harry's, and is NOT something that is glorified or portrayed as a positive attribute, YOU are a fan of a character who has had unwilling sex with MULTIPLE male characters in the series, INCLUDING a SIXTEEN year old boy?!?
Sooooooo, a main male character who has an old fashioned chauvinist attitude that is painted as a flaw and pointed out to him repeatedly as such is "too problematic" and you won't read them. But a book that has a main female character who takes away men's self control, their ability to say no and fucks them, including a minor boy, THAT'S fine. Rape isn't rape when it's a woman doing it?
"The books seem sexist, and that's a problem for me. I don't care that it's "just entertainment."
It seems, then that what you mean is that the books are sexist against women, and that's a problem for you. When a book is sexist against men, that's no problem at all.
~Aramada