Foz Meadows Quote
How can so many (white, male) writers narratively justify restricting the agency of their female characters on the grounds of sexism = authenticity while simultaneously writing male characters with conveniently modern values?The habit of authors writing Sexism Without Sexists in genre novels is seemingly pathological. Women are stuffed in the fridge under cover of authenticity by secondary characters and villains because too many authors flinch from the authenticity of sexist male protagonists. Which means the yardstick for authenticity in such novels almost always ends up being how much do the women suffer, instead of - as might also be the case - how sexist are the heroes.
Foz Meadows
How can so many (white, male) writers narratively justify restricting the agency of their female characters on the grounds of sexism = authenticity while simultaneously writing male characters with conveniently modern values?The habit of authors writing Sexism Without Sexists in genre novels is seemingly pathological. Women are stuffed in the fridge under cover of authenticity by secondary characters and villains because too many authors flinch from the authenticity of sexist male protagonists. Which means the yardstick for authenticity in such novels almost always ends up being how much do the women suffer, instead of - as might also be the case - how sexist are the heroes.
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