[warning: long rant ahead. i wrote an article on twilight and its women-hating ways]
we know its just a story, but god, there are some young girls out there who are very impressionable agreed? and these books are just awful. apart from the fact they are badly written and the films are even worse they [if you're going to be really petty&picky, which i am!] promote the following points:
-no sex before marriage. its wrong.
-oh, and being a normal horny teenage girl is wrong and bad. get married.
-and dont bother with contraception!
[although vampires cant have kids right? wrong. despite the Twilight vampires bodies staying in the same state from the day they were bitten -according to S.Meyer-, the females eggs dont work but Edward has fresh sperm ...of course it's the women's fault!]
-divorced parents are useless and cant look after themselves
-do what your boyfriend tells you or DIE
-if your boyfriend cruelly casts you aside with no explanation, its okay to take him back. after all, he only did it because he loves you, right?
-equally, its okay to cast your best friend, who helped you get over said boyfriends abandonment, aside when boyfriend comes back. after all, who needs nice, hardworking, happy boys when an intense brooding sparkly vampire is around?
-being that intense at 17 is normal. because when you're 17, you definately know what you want for the rest of your life.
-its okay for your sparkly vampire boyfriend to stalk you.
women are useless and airheaded...unless they're vampires or werewolves.
-crazy people hate kids.
-if you have been totally against marriage for all of your 17/18 years for perfectly valid reasons, you only need to spend a page or two debating this life changing decision!
-education isnt important, boys are important.
-oh, and ditching your family and human self is okay, you dont even need to consider it for more than a page here or there, after all, its your sparkly boyfriend who is important!
some points about the author
-its okay to give every female character some kind of flaw or one dimensional traditional role.
we have a ditzy mother who relies on men, a mum figure who is only that, and doesnt fight, a bitchy baby hungry maniac, an ex/mental home resident who is supposedly good but cant be around the baby [because she has mental issues, obviously ]
we have a werewolf female who is a 'freak' because she cant give birth, we have various emptyheaded human females, we have a physically scarred woman which dominates her whole character.
and then we have Bella, the main character who the author says is open to interpretation but when asked to describe how she saw her, gave an exact description of herself physically.
bella is smart [she reads romeo and juliet...because obviously that qualifies you as smart] and brave [foolish in love]
but awkward [her flaw, which all male characters find endearing]
oh and the overall most damaging thing that Twilight teaches our kids:
-vampires are sparkly. because all girls love sparkly things, right?