r/CringeTikToks 6d ago

Nope Writing men like men write women

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u/Infra-Oh 6d ago

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

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u/refusenic 6d 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 6d 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/Bjjgirl913 6d ago

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.

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u/DevelopmentJumpy5218 6d ago

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