Batwoman_2017 t1_j4q046u wrote
I hate women in books where they're badly written. In books where they are well-written, they are compelling.
Both men and women writers can write women badly.
As a reader, our state of mind while reading a book is also influenced by life experience, so you may feel differently in a few years time.
Generally, there are very few authors whose work has touched me when it comes to women characters, so I can understand if your experience has been negative with such characters.
LaunchTransient t1_j4seeg8 wrote
>Both men and women writers can write women badly.
What is interesting is how few people mention when men are written badly. It does happen on a regular basis, but I think its because women often have the most glaring mischaracterizations in fiction that "badly written women" often takes the crown.
I have yet to encounter a book, however, where the women were written believably but the men were not.
j4eo t1_j51khou wrote
>I have yet to encounter a book, however, where the women were written believably but the men were not.
You clearly don't read enough romance, haha. I love the genre but the male leads are poorly written far more often than the female leads are.
LaunchTransient t1_j51udt9 wrote
Yeah, that'll probably be it. I have to admit I avoid the romance genre like the plague. It's like frosting on cakes - I don't mind a bit as part of a more balanced cake, but I don't want my cake to be mostly frosting.
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