Re:“How Americans edit sex out of my writing”
by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday October 06, 2022 @02:39PM
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Hard disagree. One of my earliest memories is my parents having breakfast that consisted of coffee and a cloud of smoke. If by puritanical we understand the mores inherited by Americans from Puritans then this absolutely qualifies.
Unless the goal is to make the sentence palatable to Americans only, it could be understood as editing to make sure the author's point is preserved, but otherwise it is merely hiding what some believe life "should" look like.
Re:“How Americans edit sex out of my writing”
by rrwo on Thursday October 06, 2022 @03:09PM
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Yes.
And even if it's "bad parenting" why can't someone write a scene where this casual bad behaviour happens in the background, without having to explicitly point it out as bad?
Unless the goal is to make the sentence palatable to Americans only, it could be understood as editing to make sure the author's point is preserved, but otherwise it is merely hiding what some believe life "should" look like.