ext_1872 ([identity profile] caorann.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] the_comfy_chair 2006-11-17 04:38 am (UTC)

Yes, that's exactly how I read her in this story. Someone who was sympathetic and trying hard to be liberal and tolerant, and unfortunately came off as condescending and unable to acknowledge her "dom privilege" (as equated to "gender privilege"). I do think that some of that was colored by the fact that we saw Elizabeth from John's perspective, and he's a biased narrator, who's take on people is slanted because of his past experiences.

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