MaddogRunner
MaddogRunner t1_j4sch85 wrote
Reply to comment by Undaglow in Why don’t I, as a woman, like books with female protagonists? by out_cyder
Yeah, “I don’t know” was the wrong term. I know exactly why, it just doesn’t make any sense. Also, I think a lot of projecting is going on in this thread (I deleted my own initial comment up top because I was projecting just as hard as the others, from the opposite side of the fence). The OP is saying she “cannot relate” and finds the actions and thoughts of females in books “hard to understand.” Nothing to do with “internalized misogyny.” More like a disconnect between OP’s narrative of what it means to be a woman and that of the books she reads(?)
MaddogRunner t1_j4ruv1q wrote
Reply to comment by Undaglow in Why don’t I, as a woman, like books with female protagonists? by out_cyder
I don’t know why you’re getting all these downvotes. I completely agree with you. I read my stories for the guys. Plus, with me it’s more a case of “overdone trope fatigue.” The pendulum has very much swung in our (women’s) favor. That’s all well and good, but it’s become a massive bandwagon.
MaddogRunner t1_j4scobj wrote
Reply to comment by MaddogRunner in Why don’t I, as a woman, like books with female protagonists? by out_cyder
Does that sound right, u/out_cyder? Or am I way off-base? Great name btw!