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Three Common Harmful Comparisons To Avoid When Writing Diverse Characters
Three common harmful comparisons to avoid when writing diverse characters
When writing diverse characters here are three harmful comparisons that I HIGHLY recommend avoiding.
Don’t compare women to flowers. This has huge ties into harmful Purity Culture and a general perception that women are ‘beautiful but easily damaged.’ This comparison is textbook misogyny and should be avoided. Exceptions would be if you have a woman character who is literally a flower or some way (like some kind of wood nymph fantasy character). In this case, I’d recommend throwing in a male flower character as well, just for good measure.
Don’t compare Asian people to animals. Just don’t compare any diverse group to animals. Or let’s just not compare humans to animals at all, shall we? Asian people have been historically discriminated against by being compared to rats. Being compared to pandas is another common one. Let’s just absolutely not do this, ok? Any exceptions… can’t really think of one. I’d say even making your Asian character somehow literally animal or part animal is pretty problematic, unless the whole cast is shapeshifters or something.
Don’t compare POC characters’ skin to chocolate. This is literally so common in books. It’s fetishizing and objectifying. There’s lots of words for ‘brown.’ Just stop doing this, ok? Exception: there’s not really one. Don’t compare people to food.
those are three common comparisons to avoid in your writing! Got any more? Let me know in the comments.
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