eHead answers “I'm 80 pages in - - this was written in...”

Jennifer asked this question about Mila 18:

I'm 80 pages in - - this was written in the 60s for obviously a male audience - - but anyone else in 2019 finding the overpowering masculinity and total objectification of women a problem? Also - - do brothers really slap their sister's behinds? 'Cause ew. I kind of feel like Im reading Gone with the Wind, trying to read over the blatant misogyny.

eHead Funny, I came here because I was just talking to my 75 yo mom and she said this is one of her favorite WWII books. I mean, it's not hard for me to ima…moreFunny, I came here because I was just talking to my 75 yo mom and she said this is one of her favorite WWII books. I mean, it's not hard for me to imagine that 1940's Poland was a predominately masculine culture, particularly during war time and among resistant fighters, so perhaps what you are describing is simply authentic. The thing about novels... should we really hold the author morally culpable for the behavior of the novels characters?(less)

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