“Men still have trouble recognizing that a woman can be complex, can have ambition, good looks, sexuality, erudition, and common sense. A woman can have all those facets, and yet men, in literature and in drama, seem to need to simplify women, to polarize us as either the whore or the angel. That sensibility is prevalent, even to this day.” - Natalie Dormer (via
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^^ This needs to be taught in schools, at every place, space and community with influence, especially in media about who we are. What we can do.
More than the male-orientated media outlets selling it, it's women of all ages, races, religions and societies that are buying into it. And both; need to update your damn fairytale.