Writing women (and how not to)
Two decades into the new millennium and men still struggle with writing women. From your classic meme style ‘she breasted boobily down the stairs’ objectification and ‘she can’t have children’ tragedy arc, to women who simply have the depth and complexity of a sea sponge, many men, it seems, struggle to figure out how to write women with the same respect and care that they give their roguishly handsome (male) main characters.
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