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winters_queenI am putting a cut for talk about rape/abuse.
Seanan McGuire says no to rape for her characters.
Seriously, why is it to be expected that strong female heroines are going to be raped in someway or even any strong female in the story? Why does it need to happen at all if it doesn't fit? Do people feel threatened that if there is a strong female that she doesn't need a man in her life? Or that she won't want one?
Perhaps if she is strong herself, she will find that she is happy as she is and does not need to be married/in a relationship to realize that she is can be herself. She doesn't need a man to realize that her life is then complete. She isn't a second class citizen. She is her own person. If a strong female gets in a relationship, it's because she wants to. If she stays in that relationship, it's because she is happy with her choice of a companion. If she chooses to end the relationship and be single, that is also her decision. If she wants to go into a relationship with a same sex partner, that is her fucking decision. If she has no real attraction at all to either sex, that is her decision.
She doesn't need to be fixed or cured or taught that the healing power of the cock will make her right. There is no need for anything to be done to the woman, willingly or forced, to make her the typical woman anymore. It seems that these tropes keep coming around where a woman can be comfortable in her own skin without someone finding something wrong with her because of what she chooses.
*sigh* It's craptastic in real life and it's just as craptastic in fantasy. Write what you want how you want and don't put something in because it's edgy. A story can carry a kick without the woman being abused.
Seanan McGuire says no to rape for her characters.
Seriously, why is it to be expected that strong female heroines are going to be raped in someway or even any strong female in the story? Why does it need to happen at all if it doesn't fit? Do people feel threatened that if there is a strong female that she doesn't need a man in her life? Or that she won't want one?
Perhaps if she is strong herself, she will find that she is happy as she is and does not need to be married/in a relationship to realize that she is can be herself. She doesn't need a man to realize that her life is then complete. She isn't a second class citizen. She is her own person. If a strong female gets in a relationship, it's because she wants to. If she stays in that relationship, it's because she is happy with her choice of a companion. If she chooses to end the relationship and be single, that is also her decision. If she wants to go into a relationship with a same sex partner, that is her fucking decision. If she has no real attraction at all to either sex, that is her decision.
She doesn't need to be fixed or cured or taught that the healing power of the cock will make her right. There is no need for anything to be done to the woman, willingly or forced, to make her the typical woman anymore. It seems that these tropes keep coming around where a woman can be comfortable in her own skin without someone finding something wrong with her because of what she chooses.
*sigh* It's craptastic in real life and it's just as craptastic in fantasy. Write what you want how you want and don't put something in because it's edgy. A story can carry a kick without the woman being abused.