tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post2562497736354881427..comments2024-03-29T01:01:11.212-05:00Comments on PERPETUAL FOLLY: The New Yorker: "Honor" by Tessa HadleyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-5471421947741669832011-02-09T17:18:12.906-05:002011-02-09T17:18:12.906-05:00That's very true. Perhaps because the majorit...That's very true. Perhaps because the majority of readers are women [no excuse, still]?Thomas Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-65347100295232754982011-02-09T08:58:21.439-05:002011-02-09T08:58:21.439-05:00That's my point, really. It's not sexist--...That's my point, really. It's not sexist--unless a man does it. Critics have no trouble pointing out "sexism" in work by male writers, but when a woman does the same thing usually no one says a word.<br /><br />Also, in the marketplace, emerging writers have difficulty placing work unless there's a strong, positive female character, but you don't have to have a strong, positive male character.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05886890881221225553noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9878002.post-66290428375325274852011-02-08T16:42:07.356-05:002011-02-08T16:42:07.356-05:00Well, to be fair, there are quite a few men who re...Well, to be fair, there are quite a few men who receive the same "sexist" criticism, yet are still celebrated. Andre Dubus is one (although, having read "Rose" I tend to disagree). There are many attacks on his stories which highlight the misogyny that pervades Catholicism in general e.g. a woman is the reason for many of his male characters' troubles, the men must do the cleaning up. I just think it's a fact of life. Some people grow up around drunk, mean men, and others grow up around spiteful, sloppy women--doesn't make the work, or the author, sexist.<br /><br />I enjoyed the story, although I agree that her past two stories in the New Yorker seem to lack a greater tension. But that might be what I enjoy the most, strangely enough.Thomas G.noreply@blogger.com