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I think the one I see this most strongly with is Pamela; Or, Virtue Rewarded by Samuel Richardson.
It's hard to read in the modern day. Pamela is a servant girl who spends a lot of time trying not to be raped by her employer, who eventually kidnaps her, and the only other woman in a position to aid her actively helps the attempted rapist to assault her in various ways. At one point she holds Pamela down in bed so it can happen (apparently the woman is this awful because she's an atheist). At another time the employer actively says that he would've continued and actually raped her if she kept fighting him, it was only because Pamela fainted that he stopped the attempt. She woke up from that attempt with her stays (underwear) cut up.
Pamela ends up marrying this man, after realising she has fallen in love with him, who is then 'reformed' by her 'goodness.'
It's meant to be a happy and uplifting tale. Obviously, to us, it's more of a horror story.
We see the victim blame in 'if you'd kept fighting you would've been raped' and also know that being unconscious actually makes you more at risk, and understand that a woman who eventually gave in to her master's advances is not any less 'good' for fearing being violently raped (or worse) if she continued protesting. We are less likely to believe people can be so entirely reformed by the 'virtue' of others, and see a man who would take advantage of power dynamics like that as bad even if he wasn't so aggressive in his advances. There are no real consequences for his crimes and continued harassment of a FIFTEEN YEAR OLD in his employ and who had zero protection or options. It's just all round horrid to our modern eyes.
But in many ways it was actually progressive for the time.
Pamela is a servant who ends the book married (not mistress to) a gentleman with an estate and eventually being accepted and adored by the land owning class. This is a rise of a magnitude far higher than Elizabeth marrying Mr Darcy, Jane Eyre and Mr Rochester, or even Cinderella as she was highborn, and was really making the case that servant women could and do have as much inherent worth as gentlewomen by birth. For how classist 1740 England was, that's a controversial take.
And though it's considered a backwards view now, this was the first novel/work which was really reaching out to lower-class women and saying 'your virtue is worth as much as upper-class women.' I dislike the whole concept of sexual virtue and disagree that Pamela's virtue would be lost through rape, but the point remains that this book was making a case for greater equality between classes in a time where the ruling class relied on being considered naturally better by birth and chosen by god to rule. The novel was criticised for exactly this.
Not only that, but by promoting virginity, he was also championing a woman's right to say no. Pamela's ability and decision to refuse is upheld both positively and as what should have been the final word. The male main character only becomes a 'good' person once he truly understands and respects that. An idea only becomes outdated once the societal framework supporting the status quo has changed, and Samuel Richardson was writing in a time where a servant girl (or any woman really, for instance marital rape wouldn't become a crime for another 250 years) who refused her master's advances would have little recourse or sympathy if he didn't respect that no. This novel was telling all those girls your sexual autonomy is worth fighting for... you're worth fighting for.
And, though we see that Pamela's abuser essentially gets what he wanted and gets off scot-free (an illness and a change of heart isn't going to fly with a judge, you douche), it was revolutionary for the time in that it's told from the victim's perspective as a horrible series of events. These acts, many of which were common place and not illegal (some even actively considered romantic) at the time, was a criticism of many masculine behaviours and championed the woman's/victim's perspective. It drew attention to what we now consider domestic violence and abuse of power. Though we might argue about his methods (a minority of contemporary readers viewed the novel as salacious because of the inclusion of the assault scenes) the author's intent was to actively give moral instruction into proper domestic behaviour. Which, aside from 'sexually assaulting your employees is bad' does also include less radical and actively harmful views such as 'be loyal and loving to your employers no matter what.' Historical novels are a mixed bag like that, but he was still advocating for mutual social contracts towards each other, and rejecting the idea that the rich men who ruled the world could do whatever they wanted. He was speaking for the powerless against those in power.
I'll probably never read the book again, it was too uncomfortable for me, but without an understanding of the time it was written it would feel like gratuitous assault and a glorification of abusive relationships, when really, it was the exact opposite. We're just lucky enough to live in a society where many of his arguments have been accepted both socially and legally for so long that it's hard to imagine a case ever needed to be made in their favour.
tbh nothing frustrates me more then when people brush off classics like pride and prejudice or jane eyre because they don’t fit into today’s modern standards of feminism and social justice etc.
remember that these novels were published in the 19th century. and that some of the things that were written in these books may seem trivial to us today but would have absolutely fucking shook readers in the victorian era
like,,,,,elizabeth rejecting mr collins because she doesn’t love him even though it would have been considered her duty in her family to marry him? or jane eyre not agreeing to marry mr rochester unless it was on her own terms? hell even anne brontë wrote a lesser known novel about a wife leaving her abusive husband with her five year old son to live a better life?? do y’all realize how unheard of that would be in the 1800′s?? where women were considered more of a commodity than actual human beings??
even though they might not be up to todays standards of modern feminism and romance, they were still HUGE building blocks for equality for that time period. so if you’re a reader who says to themselves ‘I read classics with modern standards applied and I can’t get past that’ then you are most likely going to be disappointed when reading classics and not fully understand their significance to that time period
#discourse#jane austen#samuel richardson#anne bronte#charlotte bronte#pride and prejudice#pamela#the tenant of wildfell hall#jane eyre
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DEAN WINCHESTER in one random episode per day ‣ 62/327 14.10 NIHILISM
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#klonoa#klonoa fan art#klonoa door to phantomile#klonoa pamela#pamela#klonoa huepow#huepow#fan art#digital art#tumblr art#art#drawing#painting#namco#milaisa art
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No natural predators. Well… almost none.
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Pam-a-lama-ding-dong.
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princess pam 💗
#2000s#nostalgia#y2k#2000s nostalgia#2000s aesthetic#mcbling#2000s fashion#early 2000s#pamela anderson#pam anderson#2000s style#2000s core#2000s tv#pink y2k#y2k vibes#y2kcore#late 90s#90s aesthetic#90s#90s fashion#90s supermodels#90s style#playgirl#90s runway#90s nostalgia#fashion model#pamela#y2k nostalgia#y2k aesthetic#y2k fashion
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So none of the bearers of the triforce have direct Terminian counterparts, meaning their models are not reused in Majora's Mask. I've mentioned my theories for Link and Ganondorf's possible counterparts, but with Zelda it's trickier. It's something I've been thinking about for a while, and it's definitely more far fetched than Link, Tingle and Kafei, or Ganondorf and Igos, but please bear with me.
So after beating the three child dungeons in Ocarina of Time, Princess Zelda has to flee with Impa, due to some of Ganondorf's shenanigans. Something to note is that her father, the king, is MIA. He doesn't flee with Zelda, he's never even seen. Ganondorf faces no opposition getting to the triforce, after he basically runs both Zelda and Impa out of town. I think it would be safe to say that the king is no longer among the living, following Ganondorf's betrayal.
Now, is there a Majora's Mask character, who is a little girl, with a father severely affected by a battle between a clan of ninjas, and a king who wants to break into a temple, and get a powerful artifact? A character with heavy story involvement, only after you've beaten the first three dungeons? One of the only living characters in a desolate kingdom, where most of the inhabitants are ghosts and living corpses?
#it's a stretch to say the least but it makes me so insane#these are important characters and their quest is required to beat the game. most of the ikana plotline revolves around them#unlike the deku gorons and zora they aren't tied to any oot areas or races. they're just a couple of hylians living in zelda Arizona#idk#the legend of zelda#loz#tloz#princess zelda#pamela#Pamela's father#Majora's mask
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#like/reblog if you save#like/reblog if using#icons#pamela anderson icons#pamela anderson#pamela#pamela icons#pam#pam anderson#fashion magazine#magazine#photoshoot
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Pam or Pamela whatever Doove appreciation post
#pam#pamela#doove#pam doove#pamela doove#reece Shearsmith#Shearsmith#reece#tlog#the league of gentlemen#league of gentlemen#log#mark gatiss#steve Pemberton
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This is foul
#something something sam is the only person dean refers to in the context of having#and no pamela already said he didn't wanna have her he was just flirting to distract himself#but they never came clean about what that meant#then the finale happens and dean uses the exact words of “have”#and it's aimed at sam because of course it is#happy pride month from the incest king#dean winchester#supernatural#spn#samdean#wincest#mine#pamela
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