50 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 30 May \ on: My issues with The Hunger Games culture
Would you feel this way if the genders were reversed? Is it just female heroes that need to discern victims? Is the man that tolerates, saves, and loves the a weak, fickle, self-serving woman also merely a martyr? Is he, the hero-martyr, doing the wrong thing? Is she, the victim-villain, contemptible and unworthy of saving?
Based on what you've said, you might still feel Katniss, if she were a man, is making a mistake, but would you feel that as strongly? What should Katniss-like men do with the Peeta-like women?
I wonder if the author was commenting on how gender confused we get when times are tough.
I think our greatest error in communication is you perceive Katniss and Peeta as being in love, whereas I see them as trauma-bonded and getting played by their emotions.
contemptible and unworthy of saving
Please refer to where in my post you see me labeling Peeta as these things. I describe Peeta as disloyal and someone who had not taken any action to rectify his behavior.
How do we feel if the genders of the three love triangle characters are reversed…Can you imagine a male Katniss turning down a female Gale for a female Peeta who tried to murder and then seduce him?
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