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Why is Debbie so concerned with the portrayals of women in male created stories? Male portrayals in female dominated markets such as the Romance or Harlequin novel business are just as 'unrealistic' and also portrayed as a 'piece of meat' (almost literally in some cases). One of the most popular genres in women's entertainment is reading homosexual romance novels, even though homosexual men only make up less than 5% of the male population. You can bet the farm that these gay characters are objectified to the moon and back, yet there isn't even a sniff of any protest against these kinds of objectifications.
"The uber-masculine stock characters portrayed in gay romances have always had great appeal with heterosexual women," Rinaldo Walcott, an associate sociology professor at the University of Toronto, notes, adding that soap operas have banked on them since their inception. "It's like a constant reliving of the Rock Hudson narrative. The unattainable is what makes these books so desirable and many straight women are now willing to investigate their own sexual curiosities."
The point isn't to protest their use of objectification. As we know, there's absolutely nothing to worry about with these portrayals. Its simply to illustrate the point that these portrayals have little to no influence on real life and any squawking about how these female characters make women feel insecure is merely a bludgeoning attack on men so that feminists can feel secure in their bubble of positive reinforcement.
pointtech86
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/life/relationships/what-women-want-gay-male-romance-novels/article565992/
"The uber-masculine stock characters portrayed in gay romances have always had great appeal with heterosexual women," Rinaldo Walcott, an associate sociology professor at the University of Toronto, notes, adding that soap operas have banked on them since their inception. "It's like a constant reliving of the Rock Hudson narrative. The unattainable is what makes these books so desirable and many straight women are now willing to investigate their own sexual curiosities."
The point isn't to protest their use of objectification. As we know, there's absolutely nothing to worry about with these portrayals. Its simply to illustrate the point that these portrayals have little to no influence on real life and any squawking about how these female characters make women feel insecure is merely a bludgeoning attack on men so that feminists can feel secure in their bubble of positive reinforcement.