I remember that essay! I think the feminine associations of faerie are why faeries are more common in Urban Fantasy than Paranormal Romance. And why the Paranormal Romances I like tend to be about faeries. I mentioned in the essay how I thought women othering men was the natural consequence of men othering women, and faerie folk tradition is so much older than any of the others in Paranormal Romance, so the one where men's voices predominate.
Paranormal Romance likes to eroticize male predatory behavior, doesn't it?
I never got that Alpha male thing. Anybody with dogs should know differently. *shakes head* People see what they want to see.
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Date: 2011-07-18 06:04 pm (UTC)Paranormal Romance likes to eroticize male predatory behavior, doesn't it?
I never got that Alpha male thing. Anybody with dogs should know differently. *shakes head* People see what they want to see.