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December 03, 2024

IWSG Dec 2024: Gender Perspective

Insecure Writer’s Support Group
When I was writing this story, a query came up: If a man is feeling awkward or in some slight discomfort and is sitting down, does he widen his feet or do the opposite? This story is from a male perspective so I'm wondering if I'm right to make him have his feet moved farther apart. When someone widen their stance, they are trying to stabilize their body, hence, this sort of make them a little more at ease. My thinking is, your body would automatically do what is comfortable to you in certain situations. I'm not assuming all males are like this but when I'm writing, I am making the assumption.    
    Some people might have a different opinion on this because everyone's different. Even if we assume from the conventional male perspective, there would be deviations we might not know of. I think a character's perspective, whether it is male or female, cannot always be correct because different people have different ideas of what makes a male or a female. But I am mostly speaking from a conventional point of view.

As a reader or writer, do you think writers get it right when it comes to gender perspectives?
  
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6 comments:

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    1. Christine: I guess so. Thank you for coming by. Have a lovely day.

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  2. Some writers get (opposite) gender perspectives right, and some don't. As for your man-spreading issue, I have no idea what the most likely response is!

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    1. Debra She Who Seeks: I haven't read any bad books that got the gender aspect wrong but some reviewers had and they pointed out that amazingly inaccurate ways writers can get it wrong.

      I wasn't actually asking the question, more like, I was wondering what people's thought of such issue.

      Thank you for coming by. Have a lovely day.

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  3. I agree with Debra about writers getting an opposite gender right. Maybe you should ask some guys about your first question.

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    1. Natalie Aguirre: I'm not looking for answers, I'm just wondering what people think. Every has their own opionion so who is to say who is correct?

      Thank you for coming by. Have a lovely day.

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