Getting this out of my system real quick.

[shamanicshaymin]

Notice how all those recent bestsellers romanticizing abuse are written by women for women?

We work our fucking asses off for equal rights for all genders, and then we get female writers going "Tee hee!" and worship abusive manchildren simply because they're hot and dismiss other female characters for being "slutty" or "ZOMG IN DA WAY!!11!1" You know, those very things we've been fighting against. What are men supposed to think if we say, "Don't treat me like a child" while the most popular book written by women for women showcases the "perfect" romance by having the "hero" treat the heroine like a child?

It's like if black people wrote best-sellers glorifying slavery and saying it's the utopia we should aspire to.

How can we stand up for ourselves if we treat our own gender like crap?

If we're going to put an end to misogyny, at least give a serious talk to the women who have internalized it, not just sexist men.

Sorry I'm being bitchy. But my computer's on its last legs and I don't know when it'll randomly shut down again. And after many years of following, I've left weepingcock. This is supposed to be a comm for hilariously bad sex scenes, and over and over and over again, people have broken that rule. It clearly says in the user info that it's not a gross-out community, and yet, people post the Pokemon Story and the Other Story. 'Cause brutal Gardevoir rape and Videl discovering her abortion fetish is funny. There are plenty of comms where you can freak about horrific pornfic, but weepingcock? No. Basically, it's become a generic bad sex comm, and it's boring. So yeah, I'm done. Truly a shame. Do people think generic rage and pointless nitpicking is funny now? Truly sad.

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[sarajayechan]

D: Damn, weepingcock really went the way of fanficrants and marysues, didn't it? I haven't followed it in ages but I'm sad to hear that.

And wow, I knew 50 Shades was a huge deal among women but I didn't realize it was spawning so many copycats who believed in the same shit. *facepalm* THIS IS WHY WE CAN'T HAVE NICE THINGS. I get that romance novels don't have to be perfectly PC and that women are allowed to like trashy fantasies, but to me there's a difference between a trashy fantasy and just plain uncomfortable. :/

The written word is just one part of media and society in general, but even if TV and movies and other people were more aware and progressive about women, the fact that women still think women want to read about other women being abused and mistreated is still a big fucking worm in the apple.

[shamanicshaymin]

D: Damn, weepingcock really went the way of fanficrants and marysues, didn't it? I haven't followed it in ages but I'm sad to hear that.

That's a good way to describe it. It just wasn't fun anymore. :/

I was actually referring to Twilight copycats (I don't think 50 Shades has as much yet, and so far not nearly as disturbing as the Twilight clones), but 50 Shades is also part of the rant. :P Trashy fantasies and dysfunctional relationships are perfectly a-okay as long as we distinguish between fantasy and reality, but unfortunately, people like Stephanie Meyer and E.L. James truly do believe that their romantic heroes are perfect and that men should be more like them. :(

[sarajayechan]

Aah. I know 50 Shades inspired a lot of published parodies, at least. Yeah, that's the thing-acknowledging that it's fantasy. Fictional. Idealizing an abusive stalker isn't "just fiction", it's creepy shit. Most women I know would call the cops the moment Christian discovered their phone number or address without it being given to him.