Today Twitter went nuts over a Washington Post article about our "Christian" VP Mike Pence and his "Prayer Warrior" wife Karen. It seems the article reminded everyone that Pence had once declared that he never eats a meal alone with a woman who is not his wife and that he will not attend events with alcohol unless she is there with him.
His fan club, conservatives, and other regressives jumped on this to lash out at progressives, liberals, and Democrats, saying that no one is allowed to be negative about the fact that Pence is faithful to his wife. They contrast him to trump (lack of capitalization is not an error), saying that #45 is sexist with his "grab them by the pussy" remarks, but that Pence is just being a good "Christian" husband.
I say they're both sexist and both attitudes are equally harmful to women.
You see, I'm entirely too familiar with the Pence brand of benevolent sexism disguised as Christian devotion and fidelity to marriage vows. Mormons are really big on 1 Thessalonians 5:22 "Abstain from all appearance of evil." Mormon men are never supposed to be alone with a female who is not their wife or near relative. They are required to go in pairs when paying official visits to women, giving blessings, doing acts of service, etc. There are strict rules about other men being nearby when a woman needs to have a confidential chat with her bishop.
I've known LDS male school principals who were extremely uncomfortable when a female staff member closed the office door to talk to them without being overheard. I know single/divorced women whose assigned Home Teachers (men who are supposed to check up on members' well-being monthly) refused to enter their home (would only speak to the woman from her front porch) or refused to visit at all (even with their partners). I know an unmarried woman who purposely asked for the assistance of an unmarried man, yet he refused to be alone with her during the time it took to give her a blessing (some 10 minutes or so).
I was so used to this that I perceived it as somehow normal -- until I lived in Scotland, where Mormons are few and far between. Male university professors there met with female students one-on-one without fear or shame. The window washer for my dorm did not feel the need to prop the door open when he spent 3 minutes in my room with me while cleaning the window. Male students met with female students for study groups -- and they studied. Imagine that.
Yes, our 45th President is a sexist pig who thinks it's OK to grope and grab women he finds attractive and to belittle those he finds unattractive. This is overt sexism. It reduces women to objects of male gratification and all men to potential sex offenders.
But Pence's benevolent sexism is no different. It presumes that all women are either sluts or temptresses and that men cannot control themselves around them. Women are still objects; men are still all potential rapists.
Just because Pence is only on wife #1 doesn't mean he's any more likely to value women than trump is. And Pence's record of controlling and demeaning women's rights bears that out.
Pence may be monogamous, but that doesn't mean he's not sexist.
UPDATE 4/1/17: This is an excellent article on this subject.
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Tuesday, July 8, 2014
In Which I Am Blasted With Sexism And Attempt To Counter It With Humor
Yesterday, I posted a review of a smoothie cookbook -- and I got blasted with an incredibly sexist comment on Amazon. (I had no idea that a vegan on a crusade could be so sexist; I'd sort of thought that vegans were all about being progressive.)
Below I have pasted the review, the sexist comment, and my response.
Gustatory Snobbery At Its Highest, July 7, 2014
Oliver says:
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Lisa Shafer says:
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Below I have pasted the review, the sexist comment, and my response.
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Gustatory Snobbery At Its Highest,
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This review is from: Superfood Smoothies: 100 Delicious, Energizing & Nutrient-dense Recipes (Hardcover)
Are you a wealthy, lactose intolerant vegan living in New York City? This book may be for you!
On the other hand, if you're a middle-class, milk-loving resident of rural Montana whose budget has no room for weekly purchases of Thai coconuts ( Morris sniffs and condescends to mention there are other, oh-so-inferior types out there.), then I'd suggest you spend your money elsewhere.
Nearly every recipe in this book calls for specialty items such as camu powder, goji berries, and lucuma fruit. And Morris-the-Milk-Hater will go so far as to pair cauliflower with chocolate to get creaminess. *rolls eyes* She also pretends that tea is non-acidic and better for you than any animal product.
Thus, if you think it odd that some of us don't actually keep a supply of dried mulberries and coconut water on hand, and if you think that peanut butter is only fit for the smoothies you make your German Shepherd in order to get him to eat kale, then this book is probably a good choice for you. However, if you rather prefer mixed fruit and yogurt smoothies over a combination of apples and broccoli with dates, if you cannot afford to buy dozens of ingredients that cost over $10.00 a pound, or if you live in a place where a pomegranate is a bit exotic and nobody at the local grocery store gives a hoot in heck what maca powder is, then you should probably not bother with this book.
Personally, I received it as a gift, and I did find it made for very amusing reading; hence I gave it two stars instead of one.
On the other hand, if you're a middle-class, milk-loving resident of rural Montana whose budget has no room for weekly purchases of Thai coconuts ( Morris sniffs and condescends to mention there are other, oh-so-inferior types out there.), then I'd suggest you spend your money elsewhere.
Nearly every recipe in this book calls for specialty items such as camu powder, goji berries, and lucuma fruit. And Morris-the-Milk-Hater will go so far as to pair cauliflower with chocolate to get creaminess. *rolls eyes* She also pretends that tea is non-acidic and better for you than any animal product.
Thus, if you think it odd that some of us don't actually keep a supply of dried mulberries and coconut water on hand, and if you think that peanut butter is only fit for the smoothies you make your German Shepherd in order to get him to eat kale, then this book is probably a good choice for you. However, if you rather prefer mixed fruit and yogurt smoothies over a combination of apples and broccoli with dates, if you cannot afford to buy dozens of ingredients that cost over $10.00 a pound, or if you live in a place where a pomegranate is a bit exotic and nobody at the local grocery store gives a hoot in heck what maca powder is, then you should probably not bother with this book.
Personally, I received it as a gift, and I did find it made for very amusing reading; hence I gave it two stars instead of one.
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Oliver says:
Hi everyone,
I'm sure Lisa is a wonderful woman maybe with a tendency to overstate and mix reality with emotional perception of here own inner state of being. To be clear most she says in here review is far away from the truth. I read the book several times which Lisa did not do, it seems. Unless we read different books. Most of the ingredients described in the book can be bought now at Von's, Costco and even Ralph's. I assume most of us are near by one of those stores. Are they more expensive ~ slightly but again how much is your health worth. Everyone has to answer that question for them self. In the end of the day the title contains super foods which are foods that give your body the most nutrition per calorie. So please be fair and not discredit a great and very helpful book simply because it does not contain any dairy products. Lisa's review has no constructive value and is simply misleading in every count. In fact it it so poised with subjectivity that it may keep people away form educating themselves about a new way of eating that has the potential to improve someones well being dramatically.
As fare my recommendation goes, the book is worth every dollar and beyond.
I'm sure Lisa is a wonderful woman maybe with a tendency to overstate and mix reality with emotional perception of here own inner state of being. To be clear most she says in here review is far away from the truth. I read the book several times which Lisa did not do, it seems. Unless we read different books. Most of the ingredients described in the book can be bought now at Von's, Costco and even Ralph's. I assume most of us are near by one of those stores. Are they more expensive ~ slightly but again how much is your health worth. Everyone has to answer that question for them self. In the end of the day the title contains super foods which are foods that give your body the most nutrition per calorie. So please be fair and not discredit a great and very helpful book simply because it does not contain any dairy products. Lisa's review has no constructive value and is simply misleading in every count. In fact it it so poised with subjectivity that it may keep people away form educating themselves about a new way of eating that has the potential to improve someones well being dramatically.
As fare my recommendation goes, the book is worth every dollar and beyond.
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Lisa Shafer says:
*leans back in chair while sipping yogurt-blueberry smoothie to consider Oliver*
*thinks in pseudo-German accent*
So, this Oliver is on a crusade here, commenting on multiple negative reviews about this book. And yet his comments on my review are the most trollish. Did he do mine last, working up his venom? Or is he afraid that people will give more credit to mine because it is amusing to read?
*pauses again to sip dairy smoothie made from readily-available, inexpensive ingredients*
Notice how, instead of merely making his point (about where one might find Morris' exotic ingredients -- assuming, of course, that one lives in an area with one of these stores), he uses the Victorian argument that a woman is too emotional a creature to think logically, intimating that my review is invalid.
*remembers Dr. Van Helsing's saying, "That Mina! She haf a woman's heart but a man-brain!"*
Notice how he tells me I am "overstat[ing]," that I have "mix[ed] reality with emotional perception," and that I am "poised with subjectivity," all the while ignoring all of my objective points except one. He even goes so far as to state that my points have "no constructive value" and are "misleading," simply because he happens to like expensive, vegan smoothies.
What does this Oliver fear so much that he must attack in this manner? Is it intelligent women? Humor? Dairy products?
*sips smoothie again*
Does Oliver even realize his own sexism? Or is he just a troll on a crusade?
Will he laugh and apologize to me when he reads this comment? Or will he troll on, perhaps using other traditionally sexist approaches, such as ridiculing my looks, age, or weight?
*sets down dairy smoothie and taps fingers together*
We shall see, my readers, we shall see.
*goes off to wonder at Morris' 2-page spread on making chia gel*
*hums old 70s jingles about Chia Pets*
*thinks in pseudo-German accent*
So, this Oliver is on a crusade here, commenting on multiple negative reviews about this book. And yet his comments on my review are the most trollish. Did he do mine last, working up his venom? Or is he afraid that people will give more credit to mine because it is amusing to read?
*pauses again to sip dairy smoothie made from readily-available, inexpensive ingredients*
Notice how, instead of merely making his point (about where one might find Morris' exotic ingredients -- assuming, of course, that one lives in an area with one of these stores), he uses the Victorian argument that a woman is too emotional a creature to think logically, intimating that my review is invalid.
*remembers Dr. Van Helsing's saying, "That Mina! She haf a woman's heart but a man-brain!"*
Notice how he tells me I am "overstat[ing]," that I have "mix[ed] reality with emotional perception," and that I am "poised with subjectivity," all the while ignoring all of my objective points except one. He even goes so far as to state that my points have "no constructive value" and are "misleading," simply because he happens to like expensive, vegan smoothies.
What does this Oliver fear so much that he must attack in this manner? Is it intelligent women? Humor? Dairy products?
*sips smoothie again*
Does Oliver even realize his own sexism? Or is he just a troll on a crusade?
Will he laugh and apologize to me when he reads this comment? Or will he troll on, perhaps using other traditionally sexist approaches, such as ridiculing my looks, age, or weight?
*sets down dairy smoothie and taps fingers together*
We shall see, my readers, we shall see.
*goes off to wonder at Morris' 2-page spread on making chia gel*
*hums old 70s jingles about Chia Pets*
Want to comment or just like my review? Here's a link.
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Boys And Books With Girls As Protagonists: The Answers
Last Monday, after being perturbed about two authors ranting about teachers supposedly keeping boys from reading books with girls as protagonists (bull puckey), I ranted a bit in a post and asked my readers to determine from various books' covers and short descriptions which books were created boy-unfriendly. In other words, my argument is that if authors want teen boys to read their books, they've got to make books -- and their covers -- in guy-friendly ways. That means, folks, that junior high school boys are unlikely to read a book that will make them feel uncool in the eyes of their peers.
Here's the original post, if you want to make your guesses first.
All right, and now, this veteran English teacher weighs in on which of the listed books a junior high school boy is likely to read and why.
A. The Cry of the Icemark by Stuart Hill. I've never had a boy have a problem with this. A girl warrior who trains with werewolves? Super guy-friendly stuff. Plus, look at the cover: she's wearing armor and carrying knives. That rocks in the opinions of the average 12-year-old male.
B. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins. Hugely popular book. Why is it guy-friendly? Well, the cover is gender-neutral and the story is about a battle for survival. This hooks in lots of boys.
C. The Selection by Kiera Cass. The cover features a girl in a prom dress. No boy wants to carry this around. And it's about mean girls and a beauty pageant? Super guy-fail stuff. No way.
D. Scarlet by AG Gaughien. Yeah, there's a pretty girl on the cover -- but she's holding a wicked-looking knife. And it's a Robin Hood story about thieves and adventure. Most boys would find this non-embarassing and guy-friendly.
E. Cinder by Marissa Meyer. Okay, so maybe Cinderella's a mechanic and an android -- both of which are guy-friendly -- but it's still about getting the prince, and it has a high-heeled red shoe on the cover, which is just not what a 12-year-old boy usually wishes to carry around in school. This one is a guy-fail book.
F. Grave Mercy by Robin LaFevers. This has an assassin, which is guy-friendly, but it focuses on romance, which is not guy-friendly to 12-year-olds. Trust me. And, yes, there's a crossbow on the cover, but it's hard to see; the focus is on a pretty girl and her dress. Dresses and romance -- guy-fail.
Sure, the occasional boy will pick these up. I had 2 7th-grade boys a couple of years ago, who made it a challenge to read all the "girliest" books on my lists. And they liked them just fine. But these were two particularly mature boys, and they were doing it as a challenge, together. That made a difference. Most boys that age are put off by overly girly covers and by heavy-on-the-romance stories.
Thus, what I'd like to tell all those who believe the two popular authors spreading lies is: ladies, it's NOT the teachers that are making certain books guy-unfriendly. If you're going to put in lots of girls drooling over hunky guys and if you're going to put frilly dresses on the covers, you're making the books guy-unfriendly before a teacher ever has a look at them. So back off, already. It's your own bloody fault; stop blaming the teachers for this one.
Monday, July 30, 2012
How To Get Boys To Read Books With Girls As Protagonists
There is a MG author who hates teachers. Really. A few years back, Ms. MG ranted about how teachers are evil for teaching the classics and that they should teach only newer books (because classics are "outdated.") More recently, she has started ranting that teachers are evil because we make boys think they can only read boys' books and that homeschooled boys read girls' books because they are free from the evil teachers. Then, another author, this one a YA author, got into the rant as well.
As a teacher AND as an author, I'm pretty POed about this.
Neither Ms. MG nor Ms. YA has ever been a teacher, and neither woman has parented teenagers (yet).
I suspect that neither one of them knows much about pre-teen or young teen boys.
I've been a teacher longer than either one of them has been a writer.
Let me put out a few basic facts about junior high kids, and then we'll play a little game to see if you readers can predict which books teen boys would not want to read and why. My goal here is to point out that it's not the teachers who are preventing boys from reading books with female protagonists.
Factoid #1 About Junior High Teens: In their own minds, they believe the entire world is watching them all the time. They are the center of the universe and everyone will know if they are cool or uncool.
Factoid #2: The worst possible thing that can happen to a junior high kid is to be socially excluded. To have the wrong hair/shoes/complexion/slang/folder/lunch period/hobbies/music/whatever is to be socially excluded.
Factoid #3: To avoid exclusion, which everyone else will know about because -- after all -- everyone is watching, one must appear not only to be incredibly cool but also to be far distant from anything uncool.
Factoid #4: Puberty-ridden teens are fairly often confused by all the hormones surging through them in unpredictable ways. Most of them have no idea that their friends and classmates feel equally confused. Many of them also are willing to accept that some people are gay/lesbian, but they fear it might happen to them -- which would make them a minority and therefore possibly uncool.
(Please note: to any gay/lesbian readers or friends/parents thereof: I am not implying that being gay is "uncool" or "bad." I am merely pointing out that most junior high kids fear being different, which often leads to their fearing being perceived as gay -- even some of the kids who are gay. I am merely trying to point out that these identity struggles play a part in how a lot of boys choose books/music/etc.)
Homophobia is a common problem, therefore, in junior high, and we teachers work hard to stamp it out -- like we do racism and sexism.
Now that you have these tidbits under your belt, let's see how well you do with predicting which books the average 12-year-old boy would NOT want to be caught dead with. lest he be perceived as uncool.
We all know the saying, "you can't judge a book by its cover." Yet we all do that very literally all the time. A great book with a bad cover will not sell many copies, and a bad book with an awesome cover will often sell well at first. So let's look at some YA book covers. Pretend you know nothing about the books. Pretend you are a 12-year-old boy. Which of the following would you NEVER, ever want to be seen with?
Choice A:
Choice B:
Choice C:
Choice D:
Choice E:
Choice F:
Have you got your choices in mind? Good. Hold that thought for a moment. We'll come back to it.
Now, pretend you haven't seen any covers. Pretend you are a 12-year-old boy and you are listening to your teacher describe books to the class. Which of these books would you NEVER, ever want to be caught dead reading, lest you be considered uncool?
As a teacher AND as an author, I'm pretty POed about this.
Neither Ms. MG nor Ms. YA has ever been a teacher, and neither woman has parented teenagers (yet).
I suspect that neither one of them knows much about pre-teen or young teen boys.
I've been a teacher longer than either one of them has been a writer.
Let me put out a few basic facts about junior high kids, and then we'll play a little game to see if you readers can predict which books teen boys would not want to read and why. My goal here is to point out that it's not the teachers who are preventing boys from reading books with female protagonists.
Factoid #1 About Junior High Teens: In their own minds, they believe the entire world is watching them all the time. They are the center of the universe and everyone will know if they are cool or uncool.
Factoid #2: The worst possible thing that can happen to a junior high kid is to be socially excluded. To have the wrong hair/shoes/complexion/slang/folder/lunch period/hobbies/music/whatever is to be socially excluded.
Factoid #3: To avoid exclusion, which everyone else will know about because -- after all -- everyone is watching, one must appear not only to be incredibly cool but also to be far distant from anything uncool.
Factoid #4: Puberty-ridden teens are fairly often confused by all the hormones surging through them in unpredictable ways. Most of them have no idea that their friends and classmates feel equally confused. Many of them also are willing to accept that some people are gay/lesbian, but they fear it might happen to them -- which would make them a minority and therefore possibly uncool.
(Please note: to any gay/lesbian readers or friends/parents thereof: I am not implying that being gay is "uncool" or "bad." I am merely pointing out that most junior high kids fear being different, which often leads to their fearing being perceived as gay -- even some of the kids who are gay. I am merely trying to point out that these identity struggles play a part in how a lot of boys choose books/music/etc.)
Homophobia is a common problem, therefore, in junior high, and we teachers work hard to stamp it out -- like we do racism and sexism.
Now that you have these tidbits under your belt, let's see how well you do with predicting which books the average 12-year-old boy would NOT want to be caught dead with. lest he be perceived as uncool.
We all know the saying, "you can't judge a book by its cover." Yet we all do that very literally all the time. A great book with a bad cover will not sell many copies, and a bad book with an awesome cover will often sell well at first. So let's look at some YA book covers. Pretend you know nothing about the books. Pretend you are a 12-year-old boy. Which of the following would you NEVER, ever want to be seen with?
Choice A:
Choice B:
Choice C:
Choice D:
Choice E:
Choice F:
Have you got your choices in mind? Good. Hold that thought for a moment. We'll come back to it.
Now, pretend you haven't seen any covers. Pretend you are a 12-year-old boy and you are listening to your teacher describe books to the class. Which of these books would you NEVER, ever want to be caught dead reading, lest you be considered uncool?
Choice A: This is about a warrior princess who leads her armies against a huge empire trying to take over her country. It has werewolves, snow leopards, and vampires in it.
Choice B: This is about a girl who must fight to survive in a government-run reality show that pits people against each other in a fight to the death for other people's entertainment.
Choice C: This is a Cinderella-type story about a girl who is chosen for her beauty and talents to compete in a type of beauty pageant to be the wife of a prince.
Choice D: This is about a girl who is part of Robin Hood's band. The band is fighting against the unjust government by a usurper to the king of England.
Choice E: This is an updated version of Cinderella, but it's science fiction, and the Cinderella character is an android and a mechanic.
Choice F: This is about a girl who's trained to be a spy/assassin, but when she's sent on her first really big mission to find the traitor, she falls in love with the guy she's supposed to be spying on.
Okay. Are you ready to tell me which books would be completely avoided by the 12-year-old boys? And can you tell me why?
Notice that these are all fairly recent books, all YA, and all with female protagonists. But I, as a long-time teacher, can guarantee that certain books on this list will be treated as leprous by the boys in the class. AND THIS WILL HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE TEACHER, BUT EVERYTHING TO DO WITH THE BOOK COVERS AND THE STORYLINES.
You see, it is not the teachers who are making certain books so that boys will not want to read them; it is the authors and the artists who design the covers who do that.
The two authors I mentioned before are dead wrong about who's to blame -- and they are not looking at their own work to realize that. (No, I haven't put either of those two authors here on purpose.)
Well, then, my readers. Please be brave. Put your comments as to which book(s) you think the boys would avoid and why in the comments section.
Tomorrow, I'll post the teacher's answers and explain why.
UPDATE: The post with my answers is now ready. Just click here.
UPDATE: The post with my answers is now ready. Just click here.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Among The Self-Righteous
Living in Utah means that one often has to deal with self-righteous people. It also means dealing with lots and lots of subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) sexism. I was stunned when I moved to Scotland and found how differently I was treated as a woman there as opposed to here. When I returned home, I promised myself to stand up to and point out those who perpetuate both these evils -- and this has occasionally made people angry over the past few years.
One of the things that has touched off some folks was the creation of the character of Zane in Becoming Brigid. Zane is a self-righteous, sexist control freak who functions as one of the main antagonists in the novel. I have worked and worked and worked to get his character "just right." And this has caused problems with a few beta readers and others who heard about the character. I've been told by various women that "no one is really like that" and that "men in Utah don't act that way." Well, obviously there are plenty of men in Utah who don't act like self-righteous, sexist jerks (and there are plenty of women who do and don't; it's not just a guy thing), but it is not at all rare for a guy to act like my fictional Zane, and last Valentine's Day gave us a mini-news event that surprised a lot of people in the US -- but probably not too many people from Utah. The fact is that everyone in Utah really knows someone like Zane. In fact, I'd like to think that the anonymous jerk in this news article was actually Zane. :) It's exactly something he would do. (And to all those who tell me that Zane is "unbelievable" in the future, I will reference them to this little event.)
A note given to a female student at BYU on Valentine’s Day has received a massive amount of attention throughout the United States and beyond.
Compare the preceding "real life" event with a scene with Zane's confronting Pepper in Becoming Brigid:
One of the things that has touched off some folks was the creation of the character of Zane in Becoming Brigid. Zane is a self-righteous, sexist control freak who functions as one of the main antagonists in the novel. I have worked and worked and worked to get his character "just right." And this has caused problems with a few beta readers and others who heard about the character. I've been told by various women that "no one is really like that" and that "men in Utah don't act that way." Well, obviously there are plenty of men in Utah who don't act like self-righteous, sexist jerks (and there are plenty of women who do and don't; it's not just a guy thing), but it is not at all rare for a guy to act like my fictional Zane, and last Valentine's Day gave us a mini-news event that surprised a lot of people in the US -- but probably not too many people from Utah. The fact is that everyone in Utah really knows someone like Zane. In fact, I'd like to think that the anonymous jerk in this news article was actually Zane. :) It's exactly something he would do. (And to all those who tell me that Zane is "unbelievable" in the future, I will reference them to this little event.)
Anonymous note criticizing woman’s attire goes viral
A note given to a female student at BYU on Valentine’s Day has received a massive amount of attention throughout the United States and beyond.
Brittany Molina, a BYU junior majoring in accounting, received a note from a male student in the Tanner Building while waiting to attend a meeting. Contrary to her first guess, it was not a love letter. The note said her outfit had a negative effect on other people and she needed to consider the Honor Code each day while dressing.
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Molina said although she did not want the story to get out nationally, she still thinks it is good for people to know this kind of thing does happen at BYU. She said she has received many online messages from other female students at BYU who had similar experiences.
"I don't think it's right for boys to call out girls in front of people or in a rude manner, because it isn't going to do much," Molina said.
My sUpER sKetCh outfit. He's going to bear his testimony next week about how he stood up for truth and justice. #byu pic.twitter.com/ZcJwbbR7
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A university spokesperson said over the phone the university has chosen not to comment on this matter.
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Here's another post about the "virtuous Valentine enforcer."
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“I don’t like clothes with bare shoulders,” he told me, not budging from the doorway. It was like he was trying to force me to stay inside.
He was acting even worse now than he had when he was hanging up the flyers.
The hairs on the back of my neck rose up, and I could feel blood flowing to my face. Over my dead body was Zane going to force me to change clothes.
I put my hands on my hips and narrowed my eyes at him. “Well, good, because this’d look terrible on you,” I told him. “But since I’m the one wearing it, it’s nothing you have to worry about.”
Geez, what was his problem? Did he actually think he couldn’t control his lust-hormones when he saw naked shoulders? He certainly hadn’t given me the impression he was drooling over me.
Unrealistic? I never thought so, and I REALLY don't think so now. My icky, controlling character Zane could just be a guy from BYU and fit right in. :)
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