“Unlikeable" is code. It's code for "fair game." If a woman in unlikable, she is stepping out of bounds. Which makes it fair game to decimate her socially, emotionally, or physically. Likeability gives us permission to annihilate women who don't bend to its rules.”
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Unlikeable Female Characters: The Women Pop Culture Wants You to Hate
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