The reason why I dismissed the notion that it was not an allegory was because the very idea that a sub would be viewed as less than was upsetting to me and why I moved on to the relationship in the story.
Sure I find feminist issues as appropriate to discuss in any topic, but closely binding it with negative notions about what it means to be in a D/s relationship was doing the very things everyone claims the story wasn't about- that it was supposed to show that women were treated badly and in some cases still are in a culture that denigrates women- it falsely assigns negative notions to being a sub.
Whether it was intentional or not, when saying that because the subs were inappropriately treated that therefore means the story is an allegory about how women were treated and in some cases still are, reflects badly on submissives. People keep saying but that isn't what the story was about. I don't know what the purpose of the story was, but it brought up negative notions of what it is to be submissive.
As I have said and will repeat, I didn't automatically think of women and their history in our society because I was thinking about relationships and how we relate to each other. The story to me was about how some people have difficulty relating to others for many reasons and Helen definitely did express that. That is what I keep saying is what I liked about the story, even if it was overwhelmingly sad and meant that being in a relationship takes work and communication.
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Sure I find feminist issues as appropriate to discuss in any topic, but closely binding it with negative notions about what it means to be in a D/s relationship was doing the very things everyone claims the story wasn't about- that it was supposed to show that women were treated badly and in some cases still are in a culture that denigrates women- it falsely assigns negative notions to being a sub.
Whether it was intentional or not, when saying that because the subs were inappropriately treated that therefore means the story is an allegory about how women were treated and in some cases still are, reflects badly on submissives. People keep saying but that isn't what the story was about. I don't know what the purpose of the story was, but it brought up negative notions of what it is to be submissive.
As I have said and will repeat, I didn't automatically think of women and their history in our society because I was thinking about relationships and how we relate to each other. The story to me was about how some people have difficulty relating to others for many reasons and Helen definitely did express that. That is what I keep saying is what I liked about the story, even if it was overwhelmingly sad and meant that being in a relationship takes work and communication.