When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.

Susan Elizabeth Phillips
When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to...
When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to...
When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to...
When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to...
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When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead. In a recent study by the University of California, researchers looked at more than 700 romance novels published from 1990 to 2010 and found that female characters who were victims of rape or murder tended to die. This may be a reflection of the objectification of women in literature. Women are often portrayed as beautiful and sexy objects of desire, but when a woman’s life is threatened, she is more likely to die.

Source: Aint She Sweet

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