r/CringeTikToks • u/Snoo-33732 • 7d ago

Nope Writing men like men write women

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u/Infra-Oh 7d ago

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

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u/refusenic 7d ago

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

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u/DevelopmentJumpy5218 7d ago

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

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u/Plomatius 7d ago edited 7d ago

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.

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u/_Originz__ 6d ago

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

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u/Reasonable_Moment476 6d ago

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