The Other Woman

[stardance]

I guess I'm sort of fascinated/horrified by the "other woman" narrative in our cultural sphere. The patriarchy, of course, encourages women to fight among ourselves (usually over men) so we won't have the energy to fight the patriarchy. So it's natural and even encouraged for women to blame their man's mistress for infidelities. Blaming the man for

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[kiyoshi_chan]

I'm kind of remembering this Piers Anthony (I think?) book where the main character falls for a demon who has two forms - a male and a female one, and hence has two mates. And first she and the other mate (the dude) treat each other like "the other woman". It's interesting because later they get stuck in a situation where they are forced into close proximity for a while (they're stuck somewhere awaiting rescue, or something) and almost end up falling for each other, except for the clause in their mate-bonds with their mate that if they think of each other romantically the mate dies horribly.

It was an interesting read.

[yumcheesy]

you could make the mistress be the brother's sister, and some sick sibling love

[stardance]

I'll do a doujinshi of that one.