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* http://ragnell.blogspot.com/2006/06/depressing-list-side-introduction.html | * http://ragnell.blogspot.com/2006/06/depressing-list-side-introduction.html | ||
* http://www.unheardtaunts.com/wir/ | * http://www.unheardtaunts.com/wir/ | ||
* Mary Elizabeth Williams, [http://www.salon.com/2012/06/14/lara_croft_battles_male_jerks/print/ "Lara Croft Battles Male Jerks"], salon.com 2012/06/14 (creators suggested that putting Croft in position of facing sexual assault would make her more "likable") | |||
Latest revision as of 14:10, 16 June 2012
Many - even most - stories with women in them have a moment when the story makes a point of signifying the rapability of the woman. She is threatened with rape, or fears it, or gets raped, or is protected from rape. It's very odd to realize how pervasive this is in stories, when you start looking for it. The pervasiveness contributes to a culture of fear, where real-life harrassment, combined with common narrative devices, functions as training for women to be afraid.
See also
- http://ragnell.blogspot.com/2006/01/feel-like-vomiting.html
- http://ragnell.blogspot.com/2006/06/depressing-list-side-introduction.html
- http://www.unheardtaunts.com/wir/
- Mary Elizabeth Williams, "Lara Croft Battles Male Jerks", salon.com 2012/06/14 (creators suggested that putting Croft in position of facing sexual assault would make her more "likable")