Charlene Schram answers “Was the relationship between the high...”

Penny asked this question about Three Women:

Was the relationship between the high school student and her teacher romanticized? Was the girl portrayed as "asking for it"? Is female masochism normalized in this book? It sounds a little creepy, and extremely misogynistic. Not all women "desire" suffering & exploitation.

Charlene Schram I am only 150 pages in and I don't believe that Maggie's story belongs here in this book. The story isn't told in her voice and parts of it read like …moreI am only 150 pages in and I don't believe that Maggie's story belongs here in this book. The story isn't told in her voice and parts of it read like The Twilight book that it occasionally references as her favourite book. Seventeen year old Maggie's point of view is going to be very different from forty year old Maggie's point of view. If the author wanted to tell the story of the desire and sexuality of a seventeen year old girl than she should have stuck to that angle and that voice. I am not sure I am going to make it through this book.(less)

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Caroline "If the author wanted to tell the story of the desire and sexuality of a seventeen year old girl than she should have stuck to that angle and that voi ...more
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