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Originally Posted by Malachi  Would I do well to ask my daughter to analyze the power relationship in Twilight and suggest that she view Bella as someone whose desires were detrimental? Am I granting too much power to modern myth as a cause rather than a reflection of humanity? |
Absolutely. I would. I didn't raise my daughter to be a doormat any more than I want her to be a domineering bitch - but learning the value of healthy mutual respect and love is the greatest and hardest lesson in life. I'm not sure I even understood it until well into my own 20s, if then.
Fortunately for my daughter, she's had a couple of those asshole boyfriends who drove my point home far better than I could. She isn't attracted to boys who will let her walk all over them, but she doesn't hesitate to give them the boot up the butt if they're insufferably arrogant bad boys, either.
She and I agree on one thing. Pink is a feminist philosopher of our time. (edit: Crap, embedding disabled. Click on the title bar, I love this video and Pink is hot hot hot!)