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seabeyond

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13. i had one, and excellent story. like superb in writing and developing. and you know what...
Sun Dec 22, 2013, 02:45 PM
Dec 2013

the woman died. she died. wrong. and he sits on a bench and pulls out an envelope a year later.

ah... tears. such a great story, but still.

that is wrong.

not suppose to end that way. i do not want, need, spend my time in sad. there is enough of that in the real world. i feel it all.

but reading your post below, you are right. maybe it is the happy ending that catagorizes cause i read a lot of authors in that section and i am not seeing what makes it that catagory.

also, i had a terrific series. much more technical. i kept thinking sure feels like written by man. but again, an excellent series on helicopter pilots. name was initials so i looked it up. a man. such a hoot. everything about it created to appear like romance to fit in that group and nothing about it was, any more than many of the stories i read.

now, that being said. koontz, sanders and childs are favorite authors too. many in the action area or mystery. i read all types.

not big on sci fi. that is about it. though i have read a couple fun authors. they seem to be more toward the sexist.

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in the 70's and 80's i could agree. and a new crop of them now. but for a couple decades, seabeyond Dec 2013 #1
If women choose to eroticize their own oppression, that makes it OK! redqueen Dec 2013 #2
I'm really glad you started this tread. CrispyQ Dec 2013 #3
I was about to start one more thread and head out the door, redqueen Dec 2013 #4
if you sexualize, glamorize, use to entertain, then yes. and that is what they do today and why i seabeyond Dec 2013 #5
"Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - yes, that was it. CrispyQ Dec 2013 #15
They didn't sexualize it at all. I think it was one of the few movies that Squinch Dec 2013 #19
I think it is possible to have rape in a story without it being xulamaude Dec 2013 #6
This is what I thought too, but I wanted to check with my fellow fems. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2013 #16
I know of several romance authors who have treated this subject historylovr Dec 2013 #8
Thank you for your post & confirming my thoughts about it. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2013 #17
I absolutely think it is. This is the experience of a third of women, and rape culture Squinch Dec 2013 #12
Great post! CrispyQ Dec 2013 #18
Once that corner of the veil comes up, suddenly everything relates to it. Squinch Dec 2013 #20
Is this a trend or is it confined to one very badly written book recently popular Warpy Dec 2013 #7
i hear that a lot, that it is simply male porn. i disagree. it is a g, pg or r rated movie. seabeyond Dec 2013 #9
I hear that a lot too, and it's just wrong. It's not porn for women. historylovr Dec 2013 #11
i had one, and excellent story. like superb in writing and developing. and you know what... seabeyond Dec 2013 #13
Fifty Shades, I think, is the exception, not the rule. historylovr Dec 2013 #10
You mean "bodice rippers"? ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #14
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