A woman is often portrayed as either a virgin or a slut. There is no in between and all sluts must die. This concept is reinforced by the concept of the “dead rebellious female protagonist.” Likewise, one of the standard rules of horror movies it that female virgins survive while their sluttish…
I don’t really have any quibble with any of this except for the part where it says a protagonist must be likable. I’m a big fan of the worthy-of-my-despise main character (or better, an entire cast of that type) and think a lot can be gained from such characters. Really has nothing to do with the feminist message you’re trying to present; that sentence just caught my eye.
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