Writing Post: Damsels in Distress
Gonna start using this blog for just what ever interests me at the moment. Today, it's politics on literature- The Damsel in Distress For anyone who knows me, it's no surprise that I'm not a huge fan of feminism. However, for a long time, I did subscribe to a few of their literary critiques. I think however, it's time we re-examine a few feminist, shall we say, sacred cows. Things almost no one ever questions. Are damsels in distress really destructive and reductive, teaching men that women are nothing more than wilting flowers to be I guess, owned and protected? If a girl “doesn't know she's beautiful” is that really a demonstration of women being pigeon holed into never openly enjoying their looks? Does it prove that men can't handle confident women? If a girl in fiction is put down for being overtly sexual, is this really “slut shamming”? Is there really a difference between violence against women and violence against men in fiction? A...
