Female empowerment or the opposite?
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Re: Female empowerment or the opposite?
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I agree that misogynistic undertones were present in the book. Unfortunately, such things happen way too often. I also thought that the author was objectifying women and seeing women as one-dimensional.Karlee Berrios wrote: ↑04 Aug 2021, 11:50 I actually felt like the book had misogynistic undertones throughout. Every single woman was talked about with sexual undertones. Even the future MIL, “Her smooth golden thighs wink from underneath her dusty rose tennis skirt, complete with a white spaghetti-strap shirt”. And Makayla is portrayed as a caricature of a person, as if being successful and still being a good person wasn’t possible for women. To me, this book felt written by someone who sees women as one-dimensional and doesn’t have a very high opinion of them.
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From what I have experienced, I would say accepting me as myself with all my flaws and imperfections and taking responsibility for it without being a martyr is what feminism truly is. Which Zia's character obviously isn't. Again, I don't even want to start with the other female characters. So, I think it's quite the opposite of female empowerment.
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I never thought of it like this. But looking back now I don't even know how I didn't notice the misogynistic atmosphere. But i can't decide whether it made like the book more or less because while I don't like misogyny, I already liked the book. However it did feel like the author had a negative experience with women that has influenced the way this book was written.Karlee Berrios wrote: ↑04 Aug 2021, 11:50 I actually felt like the book had misogynistic undertones throughout. Every single woman was talked about with sexual undertones. Even the future MIL, “Her smooth golden thighs wink from underneath her dusty rose tennis skirt, complete with a white spaghetti-strap shirt”. And Makayla is portrayed as a caricature of a person, as if being successful and still being a good person wasn’t possible for women. To me, this book felt written by someone who sees women as one-dimensional and doesn’t have a very high opinion of them.
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