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I don't think characters who are sexist are interesting & well-developed. I do enjoy a lot of pulp science-fiction, but even in those stories, so dominated as they are by bold young men, the best stories are the ones which either leave women out altogether, or show respect to them.
Characters have a job to do, and sometimes that means they have to be villains. That doesn't change my rating of a book. Now if the author seems to be a villain (by being sexist or something else), then that might change how I feel about the book and whether I'd recommend it.
Oh, I wasn't talking about villains. I don't tend to read those kinds of books. It's when the the author's sexist bias shows through as he lets the hero be sexist, that kind of thing, that's what bothers me.
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I don't think characters who are sexist are interesting & well-developed. I do enjoy a lot of pulp science-fiction, but even in those stories, so dominated as they are by bold young men, the best stories are the ones which either leave women out altogether, or show respect to them.
Characters have a job to do, and sometimes that means they have to be villains. That doesn't change my rating of a book. Now if the author seems to be a villain (by being sexist or something else), then that might change how I feel about the book and whether I'd recommend it.
Oh, I wasn't talking about villains. I don't tend to read those kinds of books. It's when the the author's sexist bias shows through as he lets the hero be sexist, that kind of thing, that's what bothers me.
I enjoyed those ooks for their hedonism and their barbaric ways... I don't think I would enjoy them that way today. Back then, high marks and recommendations to friends...today, I doubt I'd read them...Call it maturing, I don't know. I do know I'm going against what I said to my friend, who basically implied a 'degredation' in rating over time...I'm guess this is what she meant..