Pamela, or virtue rewarded

[sqbr]

Following on from my earlier post I was skimming through Pamela since I want to make a reference to it in my fic and Oh My God. This section for example would make for a great if disturbing characterisation of a creepy would-be rapist taking advantage of 18th C classism and sexism, if I didn't know that he's the romantic hero of the piece. Argh! *stops reading and wipes brain*

And oh look, he calls her "saucy" :/

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[alias_sqbr]

Um, so, the moral of the story is that if you're FIRM about resisting your rapist, you can get him to marry you instead of raping you? Am I getting that right?

As far as I can tell. I learned about the novel via an OH JOHN RINGO NO-style sporking and that was the impression I got.

But see, it's a happy message: look at how far gender roles have progressed!