I'm not trying to say that having sex before marriage is the superior path, I'm just interested in this topic because you see so very little coverage of it in almost any form of media. (posted to On "Test Driving")
Personally, I'm offended by most sitcoms these days. The heavy sexism and heteronormativity is just too much, which is why I don't watch much TV anymore. (posted to Michael Strahan Makes a Play for No Gain)
Abstinence only sex-ed classes are harmful in so very many ways. I'm 21, and I just found out A FEW MONTHS AGO where my cervix is. I'm not ashamed of how ignorant I was- I'm mad as hell that I've (posted to Don't Mess Around in Texas)
Wait a minute ... women who have sex with a man can later get him arrested for rape just for their own amusement? It's THAT easy? Boy, that sucks for all of those rape victims who can't get justice. The (posted to Anti-feminist Mailbag: "Please Stop" Edition)
The "it's just fiction" excuse is a pretty weak one. I know that people reading Twilight know there aren't really vampires or werewolves, that the events didn't really happen, that the characters are all fake. However, what's real is the (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
Oh, definitely. Bronte certainly did not intend for us to think favorably about Heathcliff and Catherine. I've read it three times since my sophomore year of high school, and I've never been able to feel more than contempt and annoyance (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
I trash it, because they can do better, I know that they still print Phillip Pullmans books and that Terry Pratchett does wonderfull YA books, hell I loved reading wee free men and nation. So the Question is why are (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
sorry dude, your examples don't come close to how often women are conditioned to believe abuse is romantic in media. Too many Twilights, not enough Burning Beds (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
I didn't think that the abuse was meant to be erotic to the reader. It was portrayed as horrific and something that needed to be ended. Never did Bishop try to convince you that this was okay, that sexual abuse (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
I work at a book store. Yes the Twilight hysteria is as bad as it sounds. Yes young girls and adult women will defend the creepy/abusive aspects of Twilight as romantic. And yes when 'Breaking Dawn' was released the girls (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
