Talk:Bella Swan/@comment-24.154.67.79-20110209162708/@comment-99.73.193.156-20110624092025

Want to know why I hate it? Meyer has created this story involving a young girl that is in a relationship that is a hazard to her health (literally), but creates a dramatic retention of said relationship based off of the idea that the guy she's in love with can't help but hurt her. So... time and time again when she falls into dangerous settings, she continues on in the hopes that one day said danger will no longer apply. I might be reaching... but I feel it could be said that this parallels with abusive relationships. She hides the truth from her father, and her mother... and everyone else, leaving them unaware of the impending doom that she experiences daily, with the understanding that if they knew she could be hurt, they would prevent her from falling to that same level again. And, of course, simultaneously ostracize her ex because of the abusive behaviors he has committed. BOOM. And on top of THAT, the aggression Edward occasionally can't help is BELLA'S FAULT for being "TOO HUMAN" or... "too HERSELF". Much like the common belief that women have reported having when they were in abusive relationships. Or, as per example, *as they're being beaten* "You made me do this." This kind of "allure" for the bad-boy is NOT a healthy example to set for young women that are inexperienced in the dating world, the world of men, or JUST the world. I rest my case,