[LMB] [OT] Gender questions, female exams

[B. Ross Ashley]

On Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:25:37 -0500, Suzette Petty 
<suzettepetty at hotmail.com> wrote:

::snip::
If it's really the case that men/boys have issues relating to a female 
protagonist, how do the men of this group feel about books that change 
perspective (Komarr and A Civil Campaign  come to mind)?

::/snip::

Some probably do have issues, I don't. I have identified with Jirel of 
Joiry, frebbinsake, and both members of the duo of Tiger and Del. Right 
at the moment I'm reading Michelle Sagara's _Cast in Courtlight_, and 
I'm totally inside Kaylin Neya's head. Changing POV character is always 
a trapeze act for the writer, but well done it's smooth as silk for the 
reader. Protagonist sex identity doesn't matter so much as writer 
ability ... when e.g. John R*ngo switches POV it's not as smooth as 
David W*b*r or Herself.
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