Where are the books about mistresses? Bookslut’s Jessa Crispin writes about the lacking mistress narrative, defending the other woman and scrutinizing her treatment in society as undermining that traditional institution that tons of Americans love (marriage).
“The woman is supposed to tend to her own nest, that’s her nature, and so with the mistress there must be something damaged, something sick, some as-yet unknown or diagnosed personality disorder warping her feminine desires, or else why go after another woman’s husband?”
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FYI her name is Jessa Crispin.
ah thanks for the correction–all fixed!
The mistress must always be subordinate to the man, who is regarded as powerful because he has more than one woman. Her personality and mentality can never be portrayed as exceeding her lover’s. She is nothing on her own. This supports the traditional cliches about men and women.
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