"Wow, this is actually pretty interesting. I hadn't thought about it before, but you're right--if you look over the Twilight series it does sort-of seem like Bella's just pretending to be submissive because she knows it'll eventually get her what she wants (and it totally does, in the end)." Yeah - when she gives in, it's usually not because she's ACTUALLY giving in... It's because she's already got something lined up to get around it.
Notice that the one time she receives a decree she can't weasel around, it results in the mental breakdown known as "80% of New Moon".
"Which doesn't make the story not-sexist, of course, but it is...a different kind of sexism." Ja. And it's an important distinction when discussing gender dynamics within the series - mostly because it changes "glorification of an abusive relationship" to "glorification of a mutually abusive relationship".
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Yeah - when she gives in, it's usually not because she's ACTUALLY giving in... It's because she's already got something lined up to get around it.
Notice that the one time she receives a decree she can't weasel around, it results in the mental breakdown known as "80% of New Moon".
"Which doesn't make the story not-sexist, of course, but it is...a different kind of sexism."
Ja. And it's an important distinction when discussing gender dynamics within the series - mostly because it changes "glorification of an abusive relationship" to "glorification of a mutually abusive relationship".