I'm a man without any sexual identity crises and I still found Jane Eyre a great read.
Having that said, the OP is hilarious, and the last sentence of it clearly shows that it was for kicks and not actually serious, come on, get a sense of humour, people!
As for the 2005 "There are more illiterate people in the world today than in any other time in history" statement: the reverse is true, of course - it's just that now the trolls have a voice (cf. youtube comments).
Are writers automatically feminist simply by virtue of being women? I think Thomas Hardy is feminist- hell, there's even a bit in DH Lawrence as well.
It's true. Every time I open my mouth, by virture of being a woman I get told I have a feminist perspective. I'm not even free to choose my politics.
Before sunlight can shine through a window, the blinds must be raised - American Proverb
This was the bit in chapter XII:
It is in vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquility: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it. Millions are condemned to a stiller doom than mine, and millions are in silent revolt against their lot. Nobody knows how many rebellions besides political rebellions ferment in the masses of life which people earth. Women are supposed to be very calm generally: but women feel just as men feel; they need exercise for their faculties, and a field for their efforts as much as their brothers do; they suffer from too rigid a restraint, too absolute a stagnation, precisely as men would suffer; and it is narrow-minded in their more privileged fellow-creatures to say that they ought to confine themselves to making puddings and knitting stockings, to playing on the piano and embroidering bags. It is thoughtless to condemn them or laugh at them, if they seek to do more or learn more than custom has pronounced necessary for their sex.
I thought that was quite interesting. I guessed it was Charlotte Brontė who was speaking rather than Jane. Seems quite a reasonable sentiment to me.
According to Aldous Huxley, D.H. Lawrence once said that Balzac was 'a gigantic dwarf', and in a sense the same is true of Dickens.
Charles Dickens, by George Orwell
It's frustrating, isn't it?Originally Posted by Delta40
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