Is twilight anti-feminist?
Basically right now i'm sat here thinking of reasons why a Feminist view on Twilight would be a good research topic for my Sociology dissertation next year. (i have to do a presentation about it in lecture tomorrow) I'm trying to think of ways i can make myself seem less lame and that this subject is good enough to write about. Personally i thin k it is... i'm sure there are A LOT of issues to look at... however it's making others see this lol....
Any way! I figured I would see what you beautiful people thought about this issue! Most of you are female and most of you like the Twilight saga so it's relevant right?
Is Bella anti-feminist?
Does she set a poor example to young girls that read the books?
Does Bella set a good example?
What about Leah and Rosalie and their issues with not having children? How do you feel Smeyer portrayed this? good? bad?
Is she giving us old fashioned sexist morals by making Bella the main cooker/cleaner for Charlie?
Any other feminist issues you can think of?
SMeyer has clearly come up against these claims often as she has spoke out about how Bella's situation is hardly realistic due to vamps and werewolves and what not so people shouldn't use her to set an example (as if that would stop young girls) But i do like her argument about it being a choice Bella CHOSE to get married and keep the baby (sort of she was kind of forced with the marriage thing) She believes that people stating Bella shouldn't of done these things are putting the restraints on females. Saying they CAN'T chose to be housewives does feminism no favours. http://www.stepheniemeyer.com/bd_faq.html
"One of the weird things about modern feminism is that some feminists seem to be putting their own limits on women's choices. That feels backward to me. It's as if you can't choose a family on your own terms and still be considered a strong woman. How is that empowering? Are there rules about if, when, and how we love or marry and if, when, and how we have kids? Are there jobs we can and can't have in order to be a "real" feminist? To me, those limitations seem anti-feminist in basic principle."- Smeyer
Also what about it's impact outside of the actual content? How has it made an impact? Cathrine Hardwicke was one of the highest grossing female directors thanks to the first twilight movie. There's the success of a female author (though tbh that's common these days but still...)
Zee awesome GAW said i could post this so thankies! *kisses*