[ SECRET POST #3890 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #3890 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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[Harry Potter and Pretty Little Liars]


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[The Crown]


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[Me Before You (novel)]


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[Little Women, Jo/Laurie, Jo/Professor Bhaer]


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(Supergirl, Wynonna Earp)


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07.
[The Defenders]













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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Eh. I never read that far in the series to find out. My impression was the authors writes husbands as older and patronizing, and that's somehow a good thing because it helps women regulate their unruly passions and those pesky emotions/feelings. A quite normal view at the time, I know, but still annoying.

Seriously, even in the first book, the way the mother talks about her husband, her dear, older husband (not present in the book), and how he guides and molds her and some shit. Bah. Left a bad taste in my mouth.

Perhaps because I grew up in what I'd call the Christian right, where women have to submit to their husbands and dress modestly and not have strong opinions out loud.

TBH, our home life didn't always reflect that, but it's still what I heard held up as the ideal or "godly" marriage, and it left emotional marks.

[(Anonymous)]

Oh, that was definitely a thing. It plays out in Meg and John Brooke's marriage as well where the scenario is a silly, frivolous young girl who is gentled and domesticated by her older, wiser partner. The flip side of that is Amy and Laurie's marriage, where she (as the woman, natch) is supposed to be the pure, moralizing influence upon Laurie. The book is very much steeped in traditional gender roles when it comes to marriage.

[(Anonymous)]

I always found this really funny, because Alcott herself never married (and never wanted to, her goal in life was to be financially independent and support her family) and yet she's remembered as writing these quite morally correct books that are pro-marriage and family.