I can still be shocked by things people say
I was to post something fun today and then I saw this and I saw red. Someone asked seanan-mcguire when one of her female protagonists will get raped. WHEN! Not "if" (which also is really bad question) but "when". There was also "finally" in there. There is so many thing wrong with that question that I'm almost speechless. What kind of person thinks it's OK to ask for something like that?
When she answered "none" and "never" the response was "I thought you had respect for your work. That's just unrealistic." Seriously, how saying that women (even fictional ones) should get raped is something to say. And not getting raped makes them unrealistic? How does it makes them unrealistic? Because "unreaped" women don't exist in real life? Or are they just uninteresting?
This also validates all that was said about over-reliance on rape as a source of angst and "deepness" for female characters. This is what it leads to. All I'm left with is hope that it at least won't extend to all those unrealistic real women.
Whoever asked this I think I just lost respect in them as human beings.
And then there's this - Craigslist ad seeks topless Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master, “serious applicants” only - because such things always come in packs.
When she answered "none" and "never" the response was "I thought you had respect for your work. That's just unrealistic." Seriously, how saying that women (even fictional ones) should get raped is something to say. And not getting raped makes them unrealistic? How does it makes them unrealistic? Because "unreaped" women don't exist in real life? Or are they just uninteresting?
This also validates all that was said about over-reliance on rape as a source of angst and "deepness" for female characters. This is what it leads to. All I'm left with is hope that it at least won't extend to all those unrealistic real women.
Whoever asked this I think I just lost respect in them as human beings.
And then there's this - Craigslist ad seeks topless Dungeons & Dragons dungeon master, “serious applicants” only - because such things always come in packs.