Jennifer Burns

The hero she writes about, she probably wouldn't be able to be in the same room with them for more than one minute before they got in a raging argument, right? And then she develops this theory about women and men in that a woman should worship her man, right? And a woman finds her true expression in worshiping the man she's with. So again, this is not at all how Ayn Rand lives her life.

This is like this, I would say, compensatory theory for her lack of ability to conform to the gender norms of her day. She then articulates them in a very strong and almost distorted and exaggerated way to compensate for the fact that she doesn't actually meet them, can't actually enact them.

This is like this, I would say, compensatory theory for her lack of ability to conform to the gender norms of her day. She then articulates them in a very strong and almost distorted and exaggerated way to compensate for the fact that she doesn't actually meet them, can't actually enact them.

This is like this, I would say, compensatory theory for her lack of ability to conform to the gender norms of her day. She then articulates them in a very strong and almost distorted and exaggerated way to compensate for the fact that she doesn't actually meet them, can't actually enact them.

The rape scene to some degree embodies that idea that the, to some degree that the woman should worship the man. I tend to read it more in terms of literary genre. So Rand is a screenwriter, you know, a consumer of movies. And that rape scene is like paradigmatic for the romance genre. In other words, these like pulpy romance novels.

The rape scene to some degree embodies that idea that the, to some degree that the woman should worship the man. I tend to read it more in terms of literary genre. So Rand is a screenwriter, you know, a consumer of movies. And that rape scene is like paradigmatic for the romance genre. In other words, these like pulpy romance novels.

The rape scene to some degree embodies that idea that the, to some degree that the woman should worship the man. I tend to read it more in terms of literary genre. So Rand is a screenwriter, you know, a consumer of movies. And that rape scene is like paradigmatic for the romance genre. In other words, these like pulpy romance novels.

The hero rapes the heroine. And then they fall in love. That's just the trope of how it works. So it's crazy when you read it. But if you were reading a bunch of novels in this genre, you would find this is like very standard. And so that is a huge part of this appeal at the time. There's this feminist who hates Susan Brownmiller, and she wants to write an angry denunciation of the rape scene.

The hero rapes the heroine. And then they fall in love. That's just the trope of how it works. So it's crazy when you read it. But if you were reading a bunch of novels in this genre, you would find this is like very standard. And so that is a huge part of this appeal at the time. There's this feminist who hates Susan Brownmiller, and she wants to write an angry denunciation of the rape scene.

The hero rapes the heroine. And then they fall in love. That's just the trope of how it works. So it's crazy when you read it. But if you were reading a bunch of novels in this genre, you would find this is like very standard. And so that is a huge part of this appeal at the time. There's this feminist who hates Susan Brownmiller, and she wants to write an angry denunciation of the rape scene.

So she goes to get the fountainhead, and she's wondering how is she ever going to find the scene in this 800-page book. It's a library copy because she doesn't want to buy it. And it just falls open. To the rape scene because everybody's gone and read it because it's very racy and explicit for that time. So I'm I'm almost positive she also knew that.

So she goes to get the fountainhead, and she's wondering how is she ever going to find the scene in this 800-page book. It's a library copy because she doesn't want to buy it. And it just falls open. To the rape scene because everybody's gone and read it because it's very racy and explicit for that time. So I'm I'm almost positive she also knew that.

So she goes to get the fountainhead, and she's wondering how is she ever going to find the scene in this 800-page book. It's a library copy because she doesn't want to buy it. And it just falls open. To the rape scene because everybody's gone and read it because it's very racy and explicit for that time. So I'm I'm almost positive she also knew that.

Like if I put in this kind of taboo breaking sex scene, that's also going to probably be why people tell their friends about it. So I just I think it's a mess. I think all of the gender and sexuality stuff is that she states is just a total mess.

Like if I put in this kind of taboo breaking sex scene, that's also going to probably be why people tell their friends about it. So I just I think it's a mess. I think all of the gender and sexuality stuff is that she states is just a total mess.

Like if I put in this kind of taboo breaking sex scene, that's also going to probably be why people tell their friends about it. So I just I think it's a mess. I think all of the gender and sexuality stuff is that she states is just a total mess.

I mean, she's almost an anti-feminist because she then goes on and someone writes her a letter about like, should there be a female president or something? This is like the beginning of feminism. And she says, no, no woman should ever be president because – if she's president, she wouldn't be able to look up to any man because she would be so powerful.

I mean, she's almost an anti-feminist because she then goes on and someone writes her a letter about like, should there be a female president or something? This is like the beginning of feminism. And she says, no, no woman should ever be president because – if she's president, she wouldn't be able to look up to any man because she would be so powerful.

I mean, she's almost an anti-feminist because she then goes on and someone writes her a letter about like, should there be a female president or something? This is like the beginning of feminism. And she says, no, no woman should ever be president because – if she's president, she wouldn't be able to look up to any man because she would be so powerful.

And therefore she would be like corrupt and like rotten in the soul and like unfit to be a leader. And it just, it just makes no sense.