GAH, I might have cried while listening to that fuckery in the audio clip, I AM SO TIRED OF THIS CRAP NOW.
And also his confusion about whether to forgive her.
THIS is so true. And a plot element that bugs me like no other? Because it really brings into perspective that the man's problem isn't with faithlessness (because it wasn't her choice!) but with the now perceived lack of purity because women are objects whose worth can be ruined with things like rape.
The presence of rape in SFF especially irks me because with all the world building, they can't write rape out of their narratives? And we must have rape even when we're pretending to have a society where there's no sexism. Because rape is dark and edgy and just adds to your apocalyptic world-building.
(also, if I could just kill people with my brain, we would have better narratives, y/y?)
At the very least, why can't I punch people through the intrawebs? Repeatedly? And motivate them to do better?
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Date: 2011-01-14 02:01 am (UTC)And also his confusion about whether to forgive her.
THIS is so true. And a plot element that bugs me like no other? Because it really brings into perspective that the man's problem isn't with faithlessness (because it wasn't her choice!) but with the now perceived lack of purity because women are objects whose worth can be ruined with things like rape.
The presence of rape in SFF especially irks me because with all the world building, they can't write rape out of their narratives? And we must have rape even when we're pretending to have a society where there's no sexism. Because rape is dark and edgy and just adds to your apocalyptic world-building.
(also, if I could just kill people with my brain, we would have better narratives, y/y?)
At the very least, why can't I punch people through the intrawebs? Repeatedly? And motivate them to do better?