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Originally Posted by Bilbo1967
I think that my point was that you have read three Swedish novels and, from that, seriously asked about the levels of misogyny in Sweden. [...] Asking questions of that nature based on reading three novels is naive to say the least.
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*Sighs* I think you're trying to pick a fight where there isn't one to be had. The author's bio in the book says
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Stieg Larsson was the editor in chief of the antiracist magazine Expo, and for twenty years the graphics editor at a Swedish news agency. He was a leading expert on anti-democratic, right-wing extremist and Nazi organizations
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Assuming the description is fair, Larsson earned credibility as someone who worked against racism, anti-semtism, & hate. If someone with his history writes three consecutive novels highlighting violence against women -- and the first novel is titled "Men Who Hate Women" -- then I don't assume he's a Dan Brown or Stephen King whose objective is simply to tell a tale. He has an objective of social activism. It's not naive to then ask what the real statistics may be. I agree with pdurrant that it's not specific to sweden, but Larsson was writing to his native audience about his own country. Please, try not seize on faulty analogies or assume naiveté.
Since this isn't the "Politics and Religion" section, I'll say no more.