I recently read this book by an author named Allison and the Dad was a calm composed and measured person who became defaced, exhausted and resigned to his fate when he realized that he was facing a scifi superhuman , and it was his two kids who saw the ordeal true.
Also I’ve seen tons of posts highlighting the poor attempts of men describing the female perspective,
so I thought that I would ask around for the reverse scenario , or is this too niche of a specification ?
by Capable-Professor301
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When they attempt the guy’s POV, and all lustful ogling the guy does is described as very respectful.
Elle Kennedy does this one a lot.
If the author be good, nothing.
Your description of the book doesn’t allow me to find it to check for myself. I’d rather that.
It really depends on the book. It also depends on the author. Read one by a lady, didn’t really notice until the end of the book that the main character never had any indication if they were a man or a woman.
https://www.reddit.com/r/books/s/0AZYaOc9tK
That sounds more like a deliberate attempt to have the kids shine as characters by making an adult crumble and act incompetent. Both can be true but to me this comes off like common YA parent-as-obstacle/plot device stuff just much as a poorly-written male character.
Sometimes they can be a bit _too_ manly but simultaneously deeply sensitive (the equivalent of male writers making their ‘good’ female characters physically and emotionally perfect), or if they’re a negative character then they sound a bit too crass, or rude, but without the true male sense of entitlement that comes with being truly horrible.