Paranormal Romance likes to eroticize male predatory behavior, doesn't it?
Yep.
A couple of years ago I put it like this: "Because we live in a patriarchal society, it is with individuals from the class of their oppressors that women are encouraged to find romance. The mystification of oppression consequently blurs the distinction between the ideal lover and the lover as he represents a source of oppression for a woman."
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branchandroot
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Date: 2011-07-20 10:04 am (UTC)Yep.
A couple of years ago I put it like this: "Because we live in a patriarchal society, it is with individuals from the class of their oppressors that women are encouraged to find romance. The mystification of oppression consequently blurs the distinction between the ideal lover and the lover as he represents a source of oppression for a woman."