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Originally Posted by hildea
Something that's (fortunately!) not common in fiction, but still more common in fiction than in real life: Some male authors write female characters who have inner dialogues about their bodies, especially their breasts, which are, um, unrealistic, to put it mildly. ( Here's one example, by Stephen King.)  |
Meh. It's just as bad with romances written by women authors (not that there are many written by men). The men find women attractive because of their beautiful hair, or eyes. In one book the guy was attracted to a woman because she smelled like
tamarind. And it happens almost in every book that's not a light romance. But the books are written for women and if the authors knew and wrote about what the guys are really interested in/thinking about the books wouldn't sell.