I'm reading a new book and I realized quite suddenly that females are often made victims in novels. It's something that disturbs and disgusts me. You see it in bodice rippers - Ramone rips the gown off of Miranda's chest and takes her lips. She struggles at first and then always gives in.. What the fuck Miranda? Seriously, kick the guy in the twig and berries. You don't have to take that crap?
I'm seeing it right now in the new book. The woman's husband is cheating on her and he takes her kids and kicks her out of her own house. Why? Cause she's a vampire and he can't deal. What does she do? She takes it. She just lets it happen.
This made me realize that Grace gets the crap kicked out of her. A lot. She's kidnapped, beaten up and tortured at one point. However, never in any of those moments does she give in. She's strapped to a metal table in one scene, completely immobile and what does she do? She smarts off.
I'm not a feminist by any means. I'm too lazy for that title. However, I'm also not a girly girl. I was raised by my Dad and the one time he took me to the mall to buy bras, I ended up in the Navy. So no, I don't wear dresses and no, I don't burn my bras. I lie somewhere in the middle where I fantasize about sitting under a shady tree, dressed in a sundress with a wide brimmed hat as I type away on my laptop about a badass single mom who does everything she can to provide stability for her kid.
Never in that fantasy am I any sort of victim. I imagine that most of the women I know feel the same. So again, I ask - What the fuck? What's with all of the victimization going on here?
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