Elisabeth Wheatley
Elisabeth Wheatley
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Patriarchy is contaminating Romance novels
Patriarchy contaminates everything and that includes Romance novels written by feminist, female authors.
Men are constantly treated as the default when it comes to who holds power in these stories. That does make sense, since male power is still the default in the world at large.
But it wasn't always that way and it doesn't have to stay that way. I'm trying to do my part to write Romances that balance things out.
Book mentioned in the video:
📖The Making of Biblical Womanhood by Dr. Beth Allison Barr
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Komentáře

  • @Nickilob2006
    @Nickilob2006 Před 34 vteřinami

    Rafal from Rise/Fall of the SGE...

  • @logandarnell8946
    @logandarnell8946 Před minutou

    it still is gender neutral in contexts where specifying gender wouldn't make sense, also in very formal contexts. but people will always choose to forgo reasoning if they have a chance to get angry at nothing. ignorance also doesn't help.

  • @bingbongmcgee
    @bingbongmcgee Před 2 minutami

    You admit that language is formed by the present day usage, yet you encourage people not to go back to the gender neutrality of old. You give off easily offended vibes yet you want to keep our language on the trend of polarization? Do you WANT to create problems?

  • @taylor_green_9
    @taylor_green_9 Před 2 minutami

    "Woodsy" is one of the most common smells I've read for male romance leads

  • @yamspaine
    @yamspaine Před 3 minutami

    there is no reason to pretend the people in the past were sexist. that is a driving factor for modifying the language, pretend the old people were jerks.

  • @BeatriceVolkov
    @BeatriceVolkov Před 3 minutami

    Like i normally go for a sweet, nerdy, weirdo (but in a good way ) type of guy. But when i read twisted love my heart was stolen by alex volkov. If he was a real life person and if i was ava. And if he says u belong to me i would be like f*ck u i don't belong to anyone than me. But that doesnt stop him from being my number 1 book bf so far

  • @SnuggliestBug
    @SnuggliestBug Před 4 minutami

    Yep that is exactly how it feels

  • @edwardfrench9368
    @edwardfrench9368 Před 6 minutami

    Rorschach from the Watchmen...

  • @nathankiefer9323
    @nathankiefer9323 Před 7 minutami

    LOtR is just christian anti-modern fan fiction

  • @Varvi47
    @Varvi47 Před 7 minutami

    You know that in all the Lord of the Rings movies there is only ONE sentence spoken by a woman to a woman? And it is the mother's attention to the child

  • @john-chung-hsuanwu8766
    @john-chung-hsuanwu8766 Před 8 minutami

    Amen 🙏

  • @tainapiresmaabreh7886
    @tainapiresmaabreh7886 Před 10 minutami

    DEI...run my fellow MEN.

  • @thesetwofloofs5397
    @thesetwofloofs5397 Před 11 minutami

    Does it count if one of them is royal and the other one overthrew their kingdom

  • @IceGear100
    @IceGear100 Před 12 minutami

    or you use man for humans :D instead of the male version men

  • @valaineperry
    @valaineperry Před 14 minutami

    In other news, Wheel of Time is one of the most excellent fantasy series every written.

  • @MiningForPies
    @MiningForPies Před 14 minutami

    Weregild is also used in Tolkien.

  • @RoisMistono-vx2os
    @RoisMistono-vx2os Před 14 minutami

    interesting but useless knowledge in the era of skibidi sigma

  • @xhesil8848
    @xhesil8848 Před 16 minutami

    I wish we still used Wereman, maybe analogized like woman from Wifman to something like Erman, Urman or Arman. We could have Where-men (male), Why-men (female), and Who-men (human) lol I was planning a conlanging project where human roots could be masculine, feminine, or neuter and there's a set or few sets of affixes for changing the word's gender. Some words might have multiple roots with the same underlying meaning but different base gender, although they could behave the same way. Context might determine if using an affixed form is appropriate or if a root form is more appropriate.

  • @laytonpro8655
    @laytonpro8655 Před 17 minutami

    Please I need hades book recommendations! I’ve recently caught up to the physical release of Lore Olympus and I’m craving more (and no I don’t want to look at the web comic because I like physical books and want to support the artist)

  • @radir1657
    @radir1657 Před 17 minutami

    average westoid problems🤣🤣

  • @anon3746
    @anon3746 Před 18 minutami

    You think that's bad, his only female character who defies tradition, Eowyn, finds happiness by accepting tradition and becoming a housewife. Don't get me started on his stupid catholic religious beliefs. The whole part about the creation of Arda, the nature of Evil and free will comes straight from the Bible and it makes no goddamn sense.

  • @stevensilvainus6084
    @stevensilvainus6084 Před 18 minutami

    What would you call a female lycanthrope?

  • @Batman_828
    @Batman_828 Před 19 minutami

    Harry Potter and the sorcerer's stone ❤❤

  • @Azhure
    @Azhure Před 19 minutami

    It's was my birthday too and I can't buy your work. Because I'm in France. I'm legit a little upset about that

  • @mauprism
    @mauprism Před 20 minutami

    Spoiler alert where!?

  • @suntzu7673
    @suntzu7673 Před 21 minutou

    Men works.

  • @bobowon5450
    @bobowon5450 Před 23 minutami

    Honestly in some contexts it's still pretty common to use men neutrally

  • @Gail-j3r
    @Gail-j3r Před 24 minutami

    Lol relatable

  • @AroAce594
    @AroAce594 Před 24 minutami

    This is why i read goofy god comics on webtoon So cuteee❤❤❤

  • @MckieDs595
    @MckieDs595 Před 24 minutami

    Men/man is still a gender neutral term when referring to humanity or a group of individuals with mix genders. It only becomes a problem when a person has an irrational hatred towards males.

  • @hoykfnvnnesnxnnensncjforkx1616

    I think as long as at least one you say "race of men" or something like that, I think it's clear what men is meaning and can still be used. It's not that big of a deal

  • @diRtyMuddman
    @diRtyMuddman Před 29 minutami

    Hince why smart people will always know what other smart people are saying depending on the context. 😂

  • @jaderoush6017
    @jaderoush6017 Před 29 minutami

    Well I’m too late but happy birthday!

  • @nhereveri
    @nhereveri Před 29 minutami

    Most people understand the context when you use "men" in a gender-neutral way. It has nothing to do with sexual gender or grouping male individuals. So when you say "most people assume," you're only talking about your conception. It is much more inefficient and segregating to say "men and women" when referring to the entire group of humans.

  • @Nechrostriker4
    @Nechrostriker4 Před 32 minutami

    Isn't this the same thing that Skagged Kingdom of Heaven when it released in Cinema?

  • @sreelakshmi2546
    @sreelakshmi2546 Před 33 minutami

    If someone tells me after listing all that tropes that it's my kind of book, I would consider it an insult

  • @Funadin
    @Funadin Před 34 minutami

    Ohh Tolkien this has to be fu... oh no!

  • @oldylad
    @oldylad Před 34 minutami

    Most people don’t assume that, certain kinds of people do. I get where it’s coming from as a woman, but male nouns being gender neutral has been a thing forever and it’s used everywhere. There isn’t really a point in changing it because the only people who want that hate men for some reason

  • @moonslave90
    @moonslave90 Před 35 minutami

    Am I really the only weirdo with a lizard hindbrain that smells my hubby's natural skin-scent with maybe a hint of fresh sweat and goes: "oooh sexy musky manliman"? I swear some parfumes just make my nose itch.

  • @Hazel_Levesque_Slays
    @Hazel_Levesque_Slays Před 36 minutami

    Sorry Hades. You’re an amazing god and all, but we love Cerberus more.

  • @thomassmith6232
    @thomassmith6232 Před 36 minutami

    Consider Lady Wu, who became the Empress of China.

  • @Ellie_09
    @Ellie_09 Před 36 minutami

    I like using guy as a gender neutral term(there aren't many good ways to address a group of people casually) so I don't think using men as a gender neutral term is that weird, especially since there's clear evidence it was used as a gender neutral term for decades, it's kinda like some people saying that they/them can't be used to talk about one person even though it's been used that way for a long time, some people just can't understand that language can work like that, and it's kinda annoying, but eh, nothing I can do about it other then try to explain ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  • @iiericshermanii5495
    @iiericshermanii5495 Před 38 minutami

    I want to see the puppy! I want to see the doggies!

  • @alyssastorch
    @alyssastorch Před 38 minutami

    THANK YOU! The whole 'using men is misogynist' is such a stupid argument and I've had to correct so many dumb people on it! The world is not misogynist your just dumb

  • @jp4431
    @jp4431 Před 39 minutami

    Wereman: once a month, i get to be a man with my wife.

  • @justinthawsetmyo4173
    @justinthawsetmyo4173 Před 40 minutami

    Wait, holy shit, Wifwolves!

  • @sashavonspakovsky311
    @sashavonspakovsky311 Před 41 minutou

    I appreciate the clear and nonjudgmental explanation of history! 😊💛

  • @gregkun1
    @gregkun1 Před 42 minutami

    In this day and age. Language isn't evolving is degrading. Thanks to potato brain idiots thinking they can make whole new meanings to words to make them feel relevant in their empty lives.

  • @aurumarma5711
    @aurumarma5711 Před 45 minutami

    What about mankind?

  • @bonkislost
    @bonkislost Před 47 minutami

    i often underline them as a little mark of pride for noticing it