okay, now I'm feeling stupid.

[lyssie]

But need to be enlightened.

Someone please explain to me why all m/f relationships are 'unequal'. I really,really don't get this statement.

Is it that the men always think the woman is a fragile flower?

Or is it that only one is on top all of the time, or what?

Because, I don't get it at all.

(and furthermore, don't get why f/f or m/m are 'equal' if m/f isn't.)

Comments

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

hrm? No, I didn't have a problem with that. I've just been seeing the 'equality' thing around for a while, and I suspect I write all of my pairings equal and thus... eh, I don't know. *handwave*

I still feel kind of stupid to not see it, I suppose.

[antikythera.livejournal.com]

Not to see what, specifically? I think anyone who says m/f pairings are never equal has, like everyone else, only skimmed the crap de la crap off the top of fandom, and not bothered to hunt for the good stuff.

[lyssie.livejournal.com]

The inequality. But, er, I think part of is that no matter what pairing I write, they tend to be equal...

Actually, some of the very bad shipfic puts the women on a lower footing. So perhaps I have seen it and simply run screaming. Sigh.