I've been trying to find something mildly entertaining on Netflix to pass the time while using the elliptical trainer at the gym. Recently I selected a movie, and though it was indeed mildly entertaining, it contained a trope that I find extremely problematic: that of the young woman who willingly participates in a mutually desired sexual encounter -- who then promptly dies/is abducted by aliens/eaten by a bear/otherwise meets a grisly and untimely demise. (To be fair, the young man sometimes perishes as well. Still, I'm more concerned with the prevalence of young women who meet this fate.)
Can we not do this any more? Please?
Let's just let young women enjoy sex without suggesting that the price for doing so is death.
Let's just let everyone enjoy sex.
Let's just mind our own business and pay no heed to the carnal activities of consenting adults. It is none of our business, anyway.
::: stepping off soapbox :::
Illustration from another trope: Death and the Maiden, found here:
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