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#if s.assault against women specifically isnt a Major Plot Point that gets dealt with alongside your book's themes -- DONT PUT IT IN
silverskye13
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Hello it's me, back to rant about books I'm reading in the tags because it's a relatively unpleasant rant
#spazzcat barks
#rant
#delete later
#book rant
#im leading strong so ill just get the thought out of the way
#🎵if youre writing a new female lead and think she needs assaulted for a plot point think again🎵
#reading a new book series and for the most part im really liking it
#but its just [sigh] its a pet peeve okay
#it happens /so much/ in fantasy and probably other books as well but i see it a lot in fantasy
#where you switch to a new lead who is female vs your previous male lead and suddenly s.assault has become a plot point
#i understand its a thing that happens in the world i do understand that thats not my problem
#my problem is its very obviously author bias
#theres this Idea in media that if you want to show something Truly Terrible happening to a male lead its generally like... personal
#but if you do the same with a female lead its s.assault
#and especially if its written by a man who is trying to make a Strong Female Character said assault will be followed by a monologue
#about how the woman is no stranger to the attentions/affections of men but this was Different and Scary and shes Never Been This Scared
#its very tired okay
#Strong Female Leads can have the same personal/existential fears as men
#if s.assault against women specifically isnt a Major Plot Point that gets dealt with alongside your book's themes -- DONT PUT IT IN
#no one wants to read about your Badass Swordswoman who is Just Like The Guys except she gets assaulted and they get to white knight
#it feels very hypocritical
#youre telling me this female character has equal character status to the men but her major fear is sex
#while theirs is losing everyone they love or being a failure or a coward or whatever?
#does that feel like theyre being treated the same?
#it is was my same beef with The Deed of Paxinarian
#youre telling me the main female lead gets assaulted as a major point of her every formative experience
#meanwhile the male leads deal with like. the consequences of well intentioned follies and family deaths?
#it reveals author bias on what The Worst Thing That Can Happen To Certain Gendered Characters are
#the only book i will ever give a pass on this is The Blacktongue Thief -- because it happens to the male lead as well
#showing the bias is not 'this is the worst that can happen to women' but instead 'this is a heinous act against everyone'
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