Y'know, even in high school, it didn't do much for me. _The Fountainhead_ did, until I had my feminist awakening, and then, well... rape is just NOT romantic.
I was assigned Abelard and Heloise about... oh, twelve weeks into my Feminist Awakening. Talk about a bitter feeling of betrayal. "Wait, these are supposed to be one of the most famous pairs of lovers for all time, and he actually takes a job as her tutor so he can use his authority to force her into bed?! What the hell is this?"
I hope that I would always have found it skeevy, but in that context it produced a world-class rant to my professor.
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Date: 2003-09-22 07:23 pm (UTC)I was assigned Abelard and Heloise about... oh, twelve weeks into my Feminist Awakening. Talk about a bitter feeling of betrayal. "Wait, these are supposed to be one of the most famous pairs of lovers for all time, and he actually takes a job as her tutor so he can use his authority to force her into bed?! What the hell is this?"
I hope that I would always have found it skeevy, but in that context it produced a world-class rant to my professor.