Even as a kid I was pissed off about the whole "Girls are supposed to be the healers and fight from a distance" deal. The two boys got swords, the older girl got a bow and arrow (which is okay, I guess) but the youngest just got a magic bottle of Bactine.
I don't remember what else I read, but I came away from it feeling like the series was very sexist.
Well, the series was written during the ninteen-fifties, and is set during the early nineteen-forties (and in Britain no less). So yeah, it has that tone occasionally just the same as other works from that era. However, the female characters in the later books became much<\i> more active, even though these later installments were pretty much written back-to-back with the first.
As for this film adaptation, one line has been changed from the way it is in the book. It is a line about womens' role in warfare, and has been changed to reflect how battle is inappropriate for either sex.
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Even as a kid I was pissed off about the whole "Girls are supposed to be the healers and fight from a distance" deal. The two boys got swords, the older girl got a bow and arrow (which is okay, I guess) but the youngest just got a magic bottle of Bactine.
I don't remember what else I read, but I came away from it feeling like the series was very sexist.
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As for this film adaptation, one line has been changed from the way it is in the book. It is a line about womens' role in warfare, and has been changed to reflect how battle is inappropriate for either sex.
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