fuckit_sowhat t1_j2aheym wrote
Reply to comment by laowildin in Does Don Winslow introduce endless female characters just to write explicitly about their bodies and sex lives? by hammnbubbly
Also when they say it’s “the character, not the author” who feels/thinks this way. Okay, sure, but who wrote the character that way? The author!
So it’s not the author who is sexist towards women, but rather the character. That the author made and could have created with any characteristics they wanted. And they chose sexism.
At the end of the day though, I don’t care if the author is sexist or not, I have no interest in reading about un-challenged, blatant, casual sexism in my books that should be fun. I deal with enough of it in real life.
zzrryll t1_j2akc7j wrote
> who wrote the character that way? The author!
Well. Plus, as a male human, I definitely think some odd thoughts here and there that I don’t see conveyed in a novel.
To your point, the author doesn’t choose to have the protagonist randomly think “Jesus. My taint smells like death today” when said protagonist hasn’t showered in a few days and they’re wearing fabrics that don’t breathe well.
In that case the author is choosing to omit random brain noise that doesn’t add to the story. I’d argue that any chatter about a woman’s bust size could also be omitted as non-pertinent brain noise.
balwick t1_j2av03f wrote
"The author" also wrote every antagonist in those books, and the murders, genocides, and other atrocities inflicted by those characters are not held against the author.
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