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WCDT 25-29 Apr 2011 (1911-1915)
akronnick:
What's wrong with being promiscuous?
Whether you're gay, straight, bi, transexual, transgendered, male, female, black, white, hispanic or Martian, why is seen as a bad thing to be open about your sexual desires?
Tai has never been shown to act an any way irresponsible or dishonest with any of her friends or partners, so why is she catching shit for having an active sex life?
Wagimawr:
LoveJaneAusten, you should ask Jeph via Tumblr why he's chosen to write Tai the way he has; the answer you get might be illuminating.
pwhodges:
--- Quote from: akronnick on 30 Apr 2011, 00:55 ---why is she catching shit for having an active sex life?
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Prudery, religion, maturity, societal norms - take your pick according to where you stand.
pwhodges:
Indeed. My objection to these (from outside the world of literary criticism, I admit) is not that I believe that the author can tell the whole truth about their work, but that taking the opposite position as an absolute is identically flawed.
Dust:
--- Quote from: LoveJaneAusten on 29 Apr 2011, 23:26 ---
--- Quote from: Dust on 29 Apr 2011, 22:52 ---Going to give this section an "exactly". We should all know by now that no "perfect" characters are going to appear, so clutching at flaws as a sign of stereotypes seems more indicative of which stereotypes we assign to groups ourselves, rather than Jeph has.
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The fact that there are no "perfect" characters does not in any way excuse the use of harmful stereotypes, and it's silly to suggest so.
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I could have been clearer, I meant stereotypes are only persistant when people are conscious of them. Whether using them or arguing against. I've only known (for certain) two lesbians, and they are pretty much polar opposites, so I guess I don't have any expectations for lesbians as a "whole". Well, apart from the defining trait.
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