Just finished reading Frederick Forsyth's "The Kill List" (really enjoyed it) and at the end is a short story "The Veteran", which also seemed like a good read until about 30 pages in where 3 sexist comments pop up in the space of 2 pages:
"She blushed a fetching pink..."
"The pretty and bright WPC...."
".... was very bright and very pretty..."
They are just so unnecessary to the story - they add nothing of value and just demean the female characters they refer to. If I were an editor I would have just removed them - or AIBU?
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To think sexist phrases should be edited out of modern novels by well-known authors from well-known publishers?
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AnnaLP · 11/11/2015 10:28
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