![]() She is supposed to be sweet, kind, and innocent. Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to some examples of the aforementioned virgin-whore situation we've got on our hands:ĮXHIBIT A: ELENE (VIRGIN): Saintly mind-numbingly boring Elene is clearly the embodiment of goodness in this book (and the entire story arc, as the events of the sequel show). *cue exasperated eyeroll*The only acceptable state of unmarried genitalia. ![]() Sidenote: By the way, can somebody please explain to me why EVERY SINGLE "GOOD" CHARACTER (men included, at least no misogyny there) must be a virgin? Because CLEARLY the state of your reproductive organs is what determines who you are. This may be the view of this quasi-medieval society, but we are not shown anything to disprove it at all. The virgin/whore dichotomy rules this book and the entire worth of a woman is reduced to her sexuality. They all lack any depth whatsoever, becoming little more than caricatures. I cringed very time a female character took stage. ![]() The terrible, atrocious portrayal of female characters annoyed me even more than in the first book. Because all women are either virgins or whores, right? *sigh* It is even more obsessed with virginity/chastity than an average American Sex Ed class. My ocular muscles are sore from all the eyerolling I did when I read Shadow's Edge. ![]()
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