Fun fact: People with certain proclivities often cannot conceive of other people not sharing those proclivities. In this case, a serial sexual assaulter and rapist assumes that all men are prone to the same behavior. This is a prime example of what is commonly known as a “self-report.”
I'm curious, I knew OSC wasn't a person I would like to spend time around, but ender's game/shadow were two of my favorite pieces of media as a kid.
I'm curious about what you're talking about in ender's game. I pick up on some of the toxic masculinity, but to me as a kid, it was relatable, even if the things didn't happen to me. When I read the scenes with Bonzo I had a vivid mental image of this kid named Miguel, and I could easily picture him putting me in ender's situation, so I guess it was sort of a power fantasy for me about the bully I was dealing with at the time.
When I think about ender's game today I think about the multiple parts where ender kills or cripples another person by kicking them in the balls repeatedly. It's so memorable I'm pretty sure that OSC almost exclusively used the word "balls" as opposed to "testicles," "crotch," "genitals," or even "nuts"
But what I don't recall is a sexual component... Like at all. Was I too young to pick up on it? I'm not disagreeing with you, I am honestly saying I do not understand what you're referring to and would like to learn more
Maybe I missed something, but most of the gratuitous scenes that I remember are ender killing or crippling by kicking them in the balls.
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u/Own-Cupcake7586 Dec 17 '24
Fun fact: People with certain proclivities often cannot conceive of other people not sharing those proclivities. In this case, a serial sexual assaulter and rapist assumes that all men are prone to the same behavior. This is a prime example of what is commonly known as a “self-report.”