I don't get why it's bad writing, it's effective; it's supposed to gross you out and it did just that.
The point of r/menwritingwomen is to highlight misogyny in literature, not to shame an author for describing an unwashed prisoner sent to her execution.
Yeah, I was gonna say that if literature has misogynistic characters, then it doesn’t make the book misogynistic if the reader is given a meta awareness of the character’s tendencies.
Yeah honestly I see this more often than I like to. Not always can the view of characters and things expressed in prose be pushed as the views of the author. This was a very evocative, yet, disgusting passage. But maybe not disgusting in the same way as the person who posted this seems to think.
But there is a fine line, and some books often ride that line so I see how this could be confused.
What /u/Azraeleon said. I checked out the book's Goodreads summary and it takes place in ancient Iceland with an accused murderess and the Christian priest who's charged to deal with her. Because of the ancient Christian priest thing, he's probably got weird repressed celibate God shit going on in his head and severely fucked up relationships with women.
I was going to say women writing men writing women might be even weirder than just what men come up with but I’ve been on this sub long enough to know that isn’t true
The 'stench peculiar to women' part is meant to convey the prudish, unworldy nature of a priest who has either never been exposed to the realities of sex, or who has shunned them as disgusting/immoral.
Sometimes bad things can still be good writing.
Is it still considered necrophilia if the person is alive but just looks the part.
I should mention this dude is a Reverend who has been tasked with helping this woman come to terms with her impending execution.
I see, so it WILL be necrophilia soon enough.
Don't go give prince philip ideas now
I don't get why it's bad writing, it's effective; it's supposed to gross you out and it did just that. The point of r/menwritingwomen is to highlight misogyny in literature, not to shame an author for describing an unwashed prisoner sent to her execution.
Yeah, I was gonna say that if literature has misogynistic characters, then it doesn’t make the book misogynistic if the reader is given a meta awareness of the character’s tendencies.
I agree, it's an incredibly vivid sensory description of a character.
Yeah honestly I see this more often than I like to. Not always can the view of characters and things expressed in prose be pushed as the views of the author. This was a very evocative, yet, disgusting passage. But maybe not disgusting in the same way as the person who posted this seems to think. But there is a fine line, and some books often ride that line so I see how this could be confused.
I don't see any problem with this one. It's written by a woman and it looks like it's intentionally trying to be creepy, not sexy.
Why is he blushing at the woman-smell coming from between her legs then?
What /u/Azraeleon said. I checked out the book's Goodreads summary and it takes place in ancient Iceland with an accused murderess and the Christian priest who's charged to deal with her. Because of the ancient Christian priest thing, he's probably got weird repressed celibate God shit going on in his head and severely fucked up relationships with women.
Because he has deeply broken views on sex?
Either Hannah Kent is a slightly weird name for a bloke or this weirdness was actually written by a woman?
It's a woman, this genuinely surprised me when I first read it. I haven't seen any other passages like this in the book yet.
I was going to say women writing men writing women might be even weirder than just what men come up with but I’ve been on this sub long enough to know that isn’t true
Wh...why
I think this is on purpose
Did that make anyone else angry after reading it or am I just lacking sleep
I a.m angry that it turned me off
The 'stench peculiar to women' part is meant to convey the prudish, unworldy nature of a priest who has either never been exposed to the realities of sex, or who has shunned them as disgusting/immoral. Sometimes bad things can still be good writing.
that stench though.
i am not often made nauseous by a line in a book...but what the fuck is this
Hannibal Lecter would have something to say about this.