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  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    Although, novel reading was a problem attributed to Satan and has been a subject of moral panic. Like violent movies and video games, editorialists and ministers suggested women who read novels — especially romance novels such as those by Jane Austen — would confuse women who are unable to differentiate between fantasy and reality, and might be driven to act out these stories in real life.

    Yes, that trope is centuries old.