Have modern day female authors possibly worsened their already (historically)...

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LuthienT

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Well, I'm trying to analyze your question, and I'm coming up blank. Granted, most old literature (Plato, etc) was not written by women. This is because women had the disadvantage when it came to literacy as they were denied education.

What I want to know is that since women started writing, their works have never been viewed overall as 'unendowed.' Where did you get that idea?

Granted, Jane Austen, the Bronte sisters, etc, did write about romance, and Beatrix Potter and several others do write for children, but who is to say (very snobbishly, too) that those genres are 'inferior'? They are a whole lot better than some works by some male authors. And not all women writers write for children (or as you put it, lonely women). Look at Mary Shelley's timeless classic, "Frankenstein".

Passing over what historical reputations women writers have allegedly got, women writers are pretty much writing what they did 50 or 100+ years ago, just in different language. Some are writing well, and others are writing badly. Some write romance, others write fantasy for kids, others write fantasy for adults, others write characters studies, others write horror, others write drama.

There isn't really an end to what women write, so I can't really say they have 'worsened' or 'bettered' this reputation they are supposed to have. If you got a specific author we could narrow it down. Granted, some female authors these days should be locked away for writing such horrible stuff. But is that a blanket statement for women authors overall? I think not.

I must be rambling, and sorry for talking so long in such a verbose fashion. I don't really have a an answer for you, except that I think the sky's the limit in what women (and men) can write, and that we shouldn't box anyone in at all.

Cheers,
Luthien

PS: Dulceata, people automatically skip stuff in Caps Lock. If you want to make an argument, make a rational one, please.
 
...unendowed reputations by...? focusing the scope of their novels on less credible audiences? Such as naive children, or perhaps, other (likely lonely) women?
Now now, I never said that all men were perfect. Unfortunately, all women are unperfect yet are protected by their "civil rights." We all must suffer Ann. Stop the injustice.
 
since when do they target naive children and lonely women? I've read books written by women aimed at men, aimed at teenagers, aimed at adult audiences both men and women, etc. the only female i can think of that aims at those groups are Stephenie Meyer, but her books are so pathetic they shouldn't be allowed to be considered books. And I happen to know that several men authors aim at 'naive children' and 'lonely women' saying that only women do that is just stereotyping.
(way to ask another question like the one that i already answered)


EDIT::: ok, if you want me to stop the injustice I can kick your a$$ right now if you want me to. maybe that will stop the injustice of your big ego and stupidness, nobody should have both of those together. it is such an injustice. I am so sorry for you.
 
OMFG! DUDE! EVERYTHING YOU SAY CAN BE TURNED AROUND TO INCLUDE MEN AS WELL! YOU ARE EITHER VERY STUPID, INCREDIBLY NAIVE, ITCHING FOR A SLAP, OR POSSIBLY ALL THREE!

WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM WITH WOMEN IN THE LITERARY WORLD?
FOR THAT MATTER WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM WITH WOMEN, PERIOD?
HISTORICALLY, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY, MANY INFLUENTIAL WOMEN IN ALL ASPECTS OF LIFE. AND UNTIL QUITE RECENTLY WOMEN DID NOT HAVE THE SAME ADVANTAGES THAT MEN DID WHEN IT CAME TO ANYTHING.
EXCUSE ME.
BUT I BELIEVE, AND I'M SURE MANY WILL AGREE WITH ME, THAT JUST BECAUSE I DON'T HAVE A PENIS DOESN'T MEAN I SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO WRITE A DAMN BOOK OR ESSAY OR ANYTHING THAT COULD POSSIBLY ENLIGHTEN THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF A FEMALE!
I'M SERIOUSLY BEGINNING TO WONDER IF YOUR MOTHER ABUSED YOU AS A CHILD AND THAT'S WHY YOUR SO DAMN DOWN ON WOMEN.
OR MAYBE YOU'RE JUST VERY LONELY BECAUSE NO FEMALE WILL HAVE YOU BECAUSE OF YOUR VERY CAVEMAN-LIKE TENDENCIES AND OPINIONS!
OR, SINCE YOUR MAIN PROBLEM SEEMS TO BE WOMEN IN THE LITERARY WORLD, SOME FEMALE TURNED DOWN SOMETHING YOU TRIED VERY HARD TO GET PUBLISHED BUT IT JUST WASN'T GOOD ENOUGH.
MAYBE YOU SHOULD STOP LOOKING AT WOMEN AND THEIR SUPPOSED "INADEQUECIES" IN THE LITERARY WORLD AND START LOOKING AT YOUR OWN!
 
I see your point. The thing is, though, that there are women who write for a more 'literary' audience, so to speak. An adult, discerning audience, I mean. The problem is that they aren't well-known except in those limited circles. The women you hear about are the ones who write for a more general, plebeian audience, because the news simply doesn't care about anything cultured.

In general, I would say that there are women who do worsen the reputation of their gender as writers, but a lot of that is societal preconceptions. Someone like Tom Clancy who writes for lonely military enthusiasts or others who write similarly artless crap get a pass because they are part of a gender historically percieved as superior writers. If they were women, they too would be considered detrimental to the reputation of that gender, as STephanie Meyer and company are now.
 
Don't you have some dipshit class to go to?
I mean, your teachers are missing you as you're their best student.
They have never taught anyone who was such a dipshit.
 
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