I posted a poll in my LJ asking if people now, or ever, pined for someone. Pining seems to be a common issue for female characters. The response has been overwhelmingly been "No".
It's a minor point and completely unscientific, but interesting, nevertheless.
So, no, I don't connect with most of the female characters I read about. It's less about the facts of their external lives than their internal lives. I, for example, don't sit around stressing over being divorced or single or a mother. It just *is* and I don't give it a second thought, just do what I have to do.
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Date: 2009-05-17 11:26 pm (UTC)It's a minor point and completely unscientific, but interesting, nevertheless.
So, no, I don't connect with most of the female characters I read about. It's less about the facts of their external lives than their internal lives. I, for example, don't sit around stressing over being divorced or single or a mother. It just *is* and I don't give it a second thought, just do what I have to do.