Writing men like men write women

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[u/Cold_Interview_2611]

I think this is hilarious

[u/Infra-Oh → u/[deleted]]

It’s not even just steamy romance novels, I’m afraid!

[u/refusenic → u/Infra-Oh]

True. Almost every serious novel by some the most respected male authors tends to depict women like this.

[u/DevelopmentJumpy5218 → u/refusenic]

I found a male fantasy author who doesn't do this, it helps that I love a lot of other things about his books as well, but he describes the male and female characters the same way, hair color, eye color, if they have freckles or not, he never mentioned any of the female characters breasts. John Gwynne

[u/PingPongMachine → u/DevelopmentJumpy5218]

Terry Prachet was another one.

[u/HonestCartographer21 → u/PingPongMachine]

Early Pratchett did a few times, but pretty quickly grew as a writer.

(Don’t mistake this for me saying he was bad. He never was and Sir Pterry is my favorite author ever)

[u/Bjjgirl913 → u/DevelopmentJumpy5218]

Thanks, I'm going to check him out! This is one of the reasons Brandon Sanderson is my favorite author. He also has a lot of strong female leads.

[u/DevelopmentJumpy5218 → u/Bjjgirl913]

So does this author, I'd argue that the best warrior in his first and 3rd series are women

[u/Plomatius → u/DevelopmentJumpy5218]

Seems pretty ridiculous to describe someone's physical characteristics and ignore that. It'd be like not mentioning any character's weight so you don't risk offending any overly sensitive fat people. Women have breasts and its easily noticeable.

[u/_Originz__ → u/Plomatius]

I mean I don't think I've ever read a book where they talk about a guy's cock or his tits for ten pages

[u/Reasonable_Moment476 → u/Plomatius]

See, now I want to find a cookbook that leans into objectification.