Monday, January 30, 2012

For class today we had to read Violence,Agency,and the Women of Twilight. I was really interested in the article and the views of the author. The article begins describing about rape culture and how in today's society that it is "the girls fault" for dressing the way she does or her fault for being in the wrong place at the wrong time. The phrase is also used a few times that people will say "boys will be boys". I definitely agree that there is no excuse for rape. However; I do not really see a connection between twilight and the problem of rape culture. Yes, the book portrays that violence is "sexy" in a way but I believe that the book is just portraying the whole "bad boy" cliche not necessarily that rape is good.I believe the words given in the examples for Jacob and Bella kissing are being twisted a bit. When I watched the movies and read the books I never got the idea that Edward or Jacob were being violent.

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