The only excuse for that is a lot of his old stories were written specifically to be published in pulpy story magazines, many of which were marketed to men. Kind of an “it was the style at the time” excuse and King does have some weird passages but he gets a pass in my book. He seems like good people. It’s hard to hold older art to 2022 pc standards

No you don't get it, it's supposed to be bad/s

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