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Sorry can't remember as of this moment if I'm supposed to be
top-posting, bottom-posting or interlining, these mailing lists get
confusing they all have different rules and I don't have much time. <br>
<br>
Hard to believe that there are still peeps out there who will admit in
public that they have mistaken the writer's depiction of his/her
characters/world for that writer's own personal view on whatever
subject. <br>
<br>
It's fiction. GW has created worlds with certain societal norms; given
the world we see in BOTNS it's not at all surprising to me that women
get something of a raw deal in that world. It's kind of a might is
right, chivalry duhhhh? what's that? universe. Despite this GW gives us
strong, independent female characters who are obviously up against it
in their world but who survive and pursue their goals none the less:
Agia of course; and Dorcas, a real tough cookie who despite looking
like a teenage girl and despite her internal disarray none the less
makes her way back from Thrax to Nessus unmolested in time (we are led
to assume) to be reunited with her son. Actually a happy ending, if an
obliquely signalled one. <br>
<br>
(I'd love to have more information about what happened to Cyriaca, who
attempted to do much the same thing, but we'll never know).<br>
<br>
Oh I could go on, but I do think that the idea that GW is a dyed in the
wool mysogynist is very, very silly.<br>
<br>
jd<br>
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On 08/03/11 22:39, Daniel Petersen wrote:
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<pre wrap="">On a wholly different note, have you all read the latest Silk for Calde blog
post on Wolfe? A really well reasoned article on this issue of misogyny in
Wolfe:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://silk4calde.blogspot.com/2011/03/king-rat-and-abuse-of-women-in-gene.html">http://silk4calde.blogspot.com/2011/03/king-rat-and-abuse-of-women-in-gene.html</a>
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://silk4calde.blogspot.com/2011/03/king-rat-and-abuse-of-women-in-gene.html"><http://silk4calde.blogspot.com/2011/03/king-rat-and-abuse-of-women-in-gene.html></a>
DOJP
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