Date: 2007-11-28 11:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] tammylee.livejournal.com
When I first heard there were people who felt women shouldn't write (or couldn't write) m/m fiction I felt angry. Where does this sentiment come from? Is it still a remnant of the old-fashioned school of thought that says women are not to enjoy sex and they're either Madonnas or whores?

Writers write and they SHOULD write and what they write, regardless of personal experience, should be believable in the context of the story they're writing. IF they can do that then it's a successful bit of fiction and who cares what the author's gender/background/nationality is?

If we were talking about something other than fiction and the author presented his/her work as being biographical, based on personal experience, factual and it turned out to be fiction THEN people would have a reason to gripe.

Ridiculous to even consider a writer shouldn't write something they have no personal experience with. Research and careful thought can go a long ways.

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