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.

Comments

[redwoodalchan]

Based on my own experience, a lot of internalized sexism is so pervasive that the women who write like this may not even be aware of it. Case in point: I've corresponded with the author of a Pokemon Lifetime-rape-fic that I'll be sporking in a little while. When I pointed out the blatant sexism in her story she claimed she had no idea how sexist it was, that she wasn't even thinking of it in those terms. What I found suspicious is that she claimed it was okay to write Dawn as a docile sex slave because she was passive and submissive in canon, something which isn't true because Dawn is a player character and has no innate personality.

The moral of the story, I guess, is that women having the same "rights" as men is only part of the battle. Earning equal rights and being treated truly equally are actually two separate things, if you think about it.

It is a shame about Weepingcock. The last two entries didn't seem to even bother explaining what was supposed to be funny about the works--all they did was link to internet video reviews. Maybe I should complain to the mods....

[shamanicshaymin]

Based on my own experience, a lot of internalized sexism is so pervasive that the women who write like this may not even be aware of it. Case in point: I've corresponded with the author of a Pokemon Lifetime-rape-fic that I'll be sporking in a little while. When I pointed out the blatant sexism in her story she claimed she had no idea how sexist it was, that she wasn't even thinking of it in those terms.

Sadly, it sounds accurate. :( On the surface, having someone watch you in order to protect you sounds pleasant. Many are fortunate enough to have never been stalked, so they don't know how invasive and uncomfortable the act actually is. Then there's tearing the engine out of your car so you can't hang out with people he doesn't like, and it's impossible for me see Edward on only his "surface values" that fangirls adore about him, such as his "richness" or "politeness."

Jacob is the perfect example. Like Mervin said, Meyer didn't make Jacob sexually assault Bella to make him look bad compared to Edward, she was making him more desirable. So we've got Edward 2.0 because Meyer thought it made him more romantic.

...I think I have to hide in a hole now. *curls up and hedgehog hisses*

[sarajayechan]

When you said Pokemon Lifetime-rape-fic I assumed you meant this author.

[redwoodalchan]

Actually, no. Yes, I'm familiar with the author you mentioned (I've even sporked a few of her works) but this particular author I referred to above isn't her. In fact, the author I ended up corresponding with doesn't even make writing Lifetime-rape-fics her MO (in fact, a lot of her work actually isn't that bad), which makes it seem like she was suffering from completely uncritical internalized sexism when she wrote the Lifetime-fic in question (the author you linked to never even responded to my reviews, so she's likely beyond hope at this point).

[sarajayechan]

Aaah. *nods*

Sporkings? Where?

[redwoodalchan]

They're at Das Sporking, a LiveJournal community. If you look in the tags for "suethor: of broken love" you'll see my entries.