Misandry in media (tw)
Something Garth posted in another thread made me think of this. Misandry is currently a trope in the publishing media - and an award-winning one. I can think of three award winners right off the top of my head.
The Power - a sci fi novel in which all women suddenly evolve the ability to send electric shocks, instantly making them stronger than men. They immediately take advantage of this by raping and abusing men and boys. It won numerous awards.
Any Man - no way to describe this other than rape porn. The actress Amber Tamblyn gleefully - yes, gleefully - invents a half dozen male characters in order to have them raped and sexually mutilated by a woman in the most disgusting ways she can think of. I wish I was exaggerating, but I'm not. It got glowing reviews by critics. Tamblyn called it a "metaphor" for when women are raped, but she seems to have seriously forgotten that men are raped too. If anyone wrote a book like this featuring female characters, people would justifiably be horrified. But writing characters just to rape is ok if those characters are men.
Woman World - a graphic novel in which all men have died out, and the world becomes a utopia, of course, because what else would a world without men be. Many of the characters express happiness that men are gone. Again, glowing reviews.
Publishing is, of course, having its #MeToo moment, so we'll probably be seeing a lot more revenge fantasies being published as serious fiction and winning awards. But I find it disgusting.
The Power - a sci fi novel in which all women suddenly evolve the ability to send electric shocks, instantly making them stronger than men. They immediately take advantage of this by raping and abusing men and boys. It won numerous awards.
Any Man - no way to describe this other than rape porn. The actress Amber Tamblyn gleefully - yes, gleefully - invents a half dozen male characters in order to have them raped and sexually mutilated by a woman in the most disgusting ways she can think of. I wish I was exaggerating, but I'm not. It got glowing reviews by critics. Tamblyn called it a "metaphor" for when women are raped, but she seems to have seriously forgotten that men are raped too. If anyone wrote a book like this featuring female characters, people would justifiably be horrified. But writing characters just to rape is ok if those characters are men.
Woman World - a graphic novel in which all men have died out, and the world becomes a utopia, of course, because what else would a world without men be. Many of the characters express happiness that men are gone. Again, glowing reviews.
Publishing is, of course, having its #MeToo moment, so we'll probably be seeing a lot more revenge fantasies being published as serious fiction and winning awards. But I find it disgusting.
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