Fantasy is more a subset of mythology than science fiction. One of the fundamentals of science fiction is that it is predicated on an understanding of (a system of) science (that may or may not be a fully accurate understanding but) that makes sense within its own framework. Fantasy is predicated on an understanding…

Just wanting to point out the irony here in that it sounds like you're getting a little tired of having to defend your choices over and over again to people who either don't get or don't agree with your ideas? Even though you've obviously spent time attempting to craft them? And that some parts of your audience are…

In much of romance, "attractive" is a subjective tag. The better writers do not categorically run down a list of what makes the lady beautiful. The point is that the lady is beautiful *in the eyes of her partner,* which is what you read a romance for—to see how one person finds another person's (inner and outer)…

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Actually, it seems like he was upset with you for being uncomfortable around him.

I got busted at a YMCA (where the teenagers in bikinis regularly paraded down the halls on the way to and from the pools) for DISTRACTING THE MENZFOLKS for—get this— *breastfeeding.* Yes, my (at the time) 35-year-old bod in the snot-covered T-shirt hiked up with a baby's head in front of the boobage was *more…

What a great thing to ask a class of teenagers to discuss as homework! ;)

Nohoney, why would you force a girl into a position of constant fearfulness? You set her up for already believing that it's her fault, should another objectify or molest her. You'd force her into living her life either in fear or in servitude to others—specifically the men—around her, if every choice she made was only…

If you want them to learn, teach them. Teach them about dress and culture and give them exposure to a much wider range of fashion than what's on the rack. Teach them why women wear saris in India and Burqas in Saudi Arabia. Teach them why nuns wear habits and why men wore wigs and high heels 250 years ago. Teach them…

Part of learning—especially when you're 13-14—is learning to navigate social situations, and that includes dress. By this time, the average 13 year old girl has already learned well from societal pressures that she is Not Hot Enough, Not Skinny Enough, Not Busty Enough, Not Sexy Enough, Not Aware Enough of how she's…

It's bothersome because in the same breath she's declaring her boys are "special and precious snowflakes" she's telling other people that their special and precious snowflakes are objects to be objectified/mauled, and merely exist to "distract" (please/disgust/tempt/service) *her* special and precious snowflakes.…