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Originally Posted by HarryT
Not in the slightest. My point is simply that sexual exploitation is not confined to male authors, or male readers. In addition to the entire romance/erotica genre, which generations of female readers have enjoyed as harmless escapism, within the SF/Fantasy genre we have huge bestsellers such as the "Twilight" series, written by a woman and aimed squarely at satisfying the sexual fantasies of teenage girls. Can you not accept that it's possible to enjoy escapist fantasy without projecting the attitudes portrayed in such books onto the real world? Sex sells. That's a fact which is exploited by both male and female authors.
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Your point is valid, but it really has nothing to do with the article. Your posts on the subject come across at times as though you're saying, "Well, women do it too, so what's the big deal with the cover and what they said?"
Since I've seen you post numerous times around the forums on various topics, I know you like to dissect arguments and I don't think you are really trying to say there is no issue here because "everyone does it." It's just coming across that way because it's a side point.
FWIW.