[ SECRET POST #2447 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2447 ⌋

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Comments

Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

So, I'd never heard of Dragon riders Of Pern, but it ounded kinda cool, so off to TVTROPES I go...

And I quote "Anne McCaffrey had an infamous opinion that anal rape releases hormones that turn men permanently gay"

What the fuck?

I need some background on this, I think.

Ah yes, the Tent Peg Statement

[(Anonymous)]

http://fanlore.org/wiki/The_Tent_Peg_Statement

Enjoy!

Re: Ah yes, the Tent Peg Statement

[elaminator]

Holy god, what the actual fuck

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[elaminator]

I have no background to offer, just a lot of disgust and confusion. This can't be real... Right?

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

just google anne mccaffrey and tent peg, you'll get all you need to know

Also she's dead now, her son writes the series and not only is he a poor writer, he has weird ideas about girls

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

What kind of weird ideas?

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

Oh dear....it seems to be genetic then.

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

Kinda makes sense when his son is FTM.

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

I'm not trying to excuse the fuckery of that whole tent peg thing, but you've got to remember her age and generation. The whole "effeminate homosexuals" and "hormones" talk was a pretty common thought back in the day. It's offensive and ridiculous nowadays, but I think it's definitely a generational thing and I honestly don't think she meant offense. It's just one of those really stupid things people say and don't think about what they're saying or how it's insulting, you know?

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

Agreed. Those of us who live long enough will probably have incorrect opinions of our own to repent one day.

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

As amusing/offensive as the tent peg thing was, thing that gets to me more is the way people with mental disabilities are portrayed in the Pern novels (among other things).

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

Huh, really? I actually don't remember any mentally disabled characters in Pern at all, unless you count riders being traumatized by the deaths of their dragons.

Re: Anne McCaffrey - Crazy Fuck!

[(Anonymous)]

I vaguely remember this one guy at the Harper Hall, his name started with a C I think? I can't remember it very well. Enough to think that it might be the source of ayrt's complaints, but my lingering vague impression is that it was unexceptional in the context of a functionally premodern culture. But obviously I don't remember very well, so feel free to correct me.