[SteveEisenberg]

Originally Posted by HarryT

The world of 50 years ago was not the same as the world we live in today, and authors, like everyone else, are a product of the society in which they grew up, so naturally they're going to reflect the values of that society.

Could be. But I'm guessing most of the authors wouldn't like your defense. More likely they saw themselves as rebels against the conformist modern world. Some of those Liz Lutgendorff likes least may think that, when you strip away modern socialization, human nature results in greater exploitation of women. Liz Lutgendorff seems not to agree with, or like, that POV.

Originally Posted by Freeshadow

Being offended or afraid that someone else might be offended by <fill in here> seems to be the next big thing (after all - everybody needs a hobby) : http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/...n-mind/399356/

Good Atlantic article.


But assuming that Liz Lutgendorff actually read what she attacked, and I think she did, she isn't one of the trigger and microaggression avoidant types criticized in your link.

Having said that, I was taken aback by her claim that she wants to be "challenged by radical visions." Isn't that exactly what the authors she hates were trying to do?