Totally makes sense! I'd just never noticed that theme in fiction before - I'll be keeping my eyes open in future.
I don't know whether you read Linda Holmes over at the NPR Monkey See blog, or the Jezebel site, but this definitely chimes in with a lot of what they have to say about expectations on women in fiction (and life).
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Date: 2013-12-17 09:38 am (UTC)I don't know whether you read Linda Holmes over at the NPR Monkey See blog, or the Jezebel site, but this definitely chimes in with a lot of what they have to say about expectations on women in fiction (and life).