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Originally Posted by issybird
Uh, no. A thousand times no. Way over-generalizing here.
This particular woman would have to give up reading if only romance were on offer. Nor would I have any interest in the typical romantic hero. Controlling much? And that's just for starters.
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I know there are women out there who do not read romance but my point is men in romance are mostly written by women for women on how they would like men to be.
There are also two types of romance
Old School Romance think typical Bodice rippers, outdated ideas and controlling, abusive heroes.
New School Romance which women are empowered and the men who supports them fulfill their dreams. There still are the occasional controlling Alpha but heroines are smarter now, stronger. They aren't doormats the old school heroines are known to be. They educate their hero in how things are going to be if they are to be together.
I know 50 Shades which isn't romance did bring a whole slew of authors trying to bring back the old school controlling hero and doormat heroine but that quickly die out the majority of romances published are modern characters with modern ideas.
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