That's--more or less--what I mean when I say they won't talk to me.
They're a set of very well defended ladies, in my head.
And I know it's partly the whole stereotypical gender role thing--women are "supposed" to be vulnerable and helpless, so I write them competent and autonomous--even autocratic--while the men are vulnerable and victimized and, as you say, bleeding all over the page.
Maybe because they're distanced enough from me that I feel safe in letting them be vulnerable? I don't know.
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Date: 2006-07-05 07:22 pm (UTC)They're a set of very well defended ladies, in my head.
And I know it's partly the whole stereotypical gender role thing--women are "supposed" to be vulnerable and helpless, so I write them competent and autonomous--even autocratic--while the men are vulnerable and victimized and, as you say, bleeding all over the page.
Maybe because they're distanced enough from me that I feel safe in letting them be vulnerable? I don't know.