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"It's a surprisingly sad experience to read this study. Radway posits that the Smithton women (mostly American housewives in the late 70s/80s) read because they take physical and emotional care of their families as a pretty much full-time job, but also yearn to be cared for themselves. And yet they feel the need to defend the hobby of (romance) reading, and are often questioned by their husbands for doing so." — Jun 15, 2026 04:34AM
"It's a surprisingly sad experience to read this study. Radway posits that the Smithton women (mostly American housewives in the late 70s/80s) read because they take physical and emotional care of their families as a pretty much full-time job, but also yearn to be cared for themselves. And yet they feel the need to defend the hobby of (romance) reading, and are often questioned by their husbands for doing so." — Jun 15, 2026 04:34AM
“War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”
― The Two Towers
― The Two Towers
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