/lit/ - Literature

>>8281367
I think this woman has a rather broad definition of what it means to be a "bad guy."

>>8281367
>two-thousand and fifteenth year of our Lord
>being nice
smhtbhfam

who cares, man.

>>8281367
When she's 40 I predict she will greatly regret this mindset

>>8281367
Until the 1970s the problem of domestic violence was virtually ignored in American society. Wife-beating was considered a "family matter" rather than a crime or a serious social issue. Women were typically expected to deal with the problem themselves, to keep it behind closed doors. It is no surprise, therefore, to find that the subject of domestic violence has also been ignored by literary critics--even in a drama like Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), where Stanley Kowalski actually strikes his pregnant wife, Stella. Although acknowledging Stanley's capacity for violence, critics have tended to focus on the man's sensuality and animal magnetism--on his brutal, Lawrentian passion.

Because Williams published A Streetcar Named Desire long before domestic violence became a topic of public discussion in America, he was certainly not familiar with modern-day sociological profiles of batterers and their victims. But Williams knew the subject of domestic violence firsthand, having observed spousal abuse in his own family. As Williams's brother Dakin points out, their father, Cornelius Coffin Williams, would frequently return home intoxicated and fly into a rage against their mother, Edwina. Once in 1933 Edwina "ran into the bedroom and locked herself in. [Cornelius] broke down the door, and in doing so the door hit her and broke her nose"(qtd. in Spoto, 18-19). During another drunken outburst in 1937 Cornelius brutally beat his wife--an episode witnessed by Williams's emotionally fragile sister, Rose, who became hysterical (Spoto, 57). Edwina did not leave her husband during those early years of abuse. "I jus stood by and took it," she said (Leverich, 66).

In A Streetcar Named Desire, Williams makes use of his personal knowledge of domestic violence, creating in the character of Stanley Kowalski the image of a prototypical batterer. According to modern sociologists, batterers tend to exhibit the following traits: 1) they are hypermasculine, using aggressive behavior as verification of their manliness; 2) they believe in male superiority, viewing women as sexual objects to be dominated; 3) they resort to both physical and psychological abuse in an effort to control their spouses; 4) they are extremely jealous and possesive, fearful that their mates will ultimately leave them; and 5) they have a dual personality--proving to be charming and generous on some occasions but cruel and vicious on others. How many of these traits actually fit the character of Stanley Kowalski? The answer, as we shall see, is all of them.

There is no doubt that Stanley Kowalski is hyper masculine. Formerly an army officer, he is now a travelling salesman who has considerable freedom on the road. Not only is he captain of his bowling team, he is a rough-talking, heavy-drinking poker player who enjoys late-night parties and male camaraderie. As Williams suggests, Stanley is the perfect embodiment of male sexual power.

>>8281398
Who cares? Being 40 sucks anyways, atleast she got some good dicking in her youth.

>>8281367
Slut mentality, she'll not think this when she's 50 and nobody wants to fuck her.

Thats when I, Mr. Nice guy, swoops in and protects her for all she's worth, m'lady

>>8281421

Fucking lost it at captain of the bowling team.

Masculinity is dead, it was buried in an unmarked grave polluted with xenoestrogens.

>>8281616

masculinity is a spook. what you think of masculinity is just the shortcomings of your dad, which basically makes you gay. faggot.

>>8281367
Most people, both male and female, are sociopaths. This is nothing remarkable or new.

>>8281643
Agreed, I'm very glad I never fell for that particular meme.

>Some random slut on Twitter says some dumb shit
>is she right, /lit/?

Who the fuck cares. Girls like this are stupid, vapid and completely boring. They aren't smart, they aren't interesting, they aren't funny. Their personality boils down to being a whore and drinking Starbucks.

>>8281648

you don't really get a chance to see sexual pathology as clearly as you do with the alt-right and liberal tumblr crowd. its pretty neat, like seeing the stars on a clear night when it's normally cloudy.

>>8281367
The next 10 years guys will use her as a cumrag, after which she will be old and undesirable. There is nothing wrong with that, just don't see her choice as the 'right' one or better than living a more modest way.

I would still do her tho, desu

Says Shannon (TM) on the way to the abortion clinic

>>8281367
I disagree, it isn't 2015.