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Topic	Was "I am no man" in the LotR books? (spoilers)
scar the 1 08/06/18 11:40:36 AM #27:	Southernfatman posted... It probably does t really happen anymore really once I think about it. You'd hear about it more around when the movies were out. It was more about criticisms of the gender roles/norms throughout his works when they're just based off of traditional roles of various medieval/fantasy works. Certain folk would translate that to thinking the author himself was sexist It's kinda in the same ballpark where people call him racist. I think most authors from that time would be considered both racist and sexist today. As long as a text lives in some way in some canon, it's quite fair - and important - to criticize it and think about how it relates to our current values. --- Everything has an end, except for the sausage. It has two. <cite>scar the 1 posted [p:906363441] in Was "... [t:76874825]...</cite> <quote><cite>Southernfatman posted...</cite> <quote>It probably does t really happen anymore really once I think about it. You'd hear about it more around when the movies were out. It was more about criticisms of the gender roles/norms throughout his works when they're just based off of traditional roles of various medieval/fantasy works. Certain folk would translate that to thinking the author himself was sexist It's kinda in the same ballpark where people call him racist.</quote> I think most authors from that time would be considered both racist and sexist today. As long as a text lives in some way in some canon, it's quite fair - and important - to criticize it and think about how it relates to our current values. --- Everything has an end, except for the sausage. It has two.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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