Comments on: Bring On More of Edward Cullen

By: James

James — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 11:42:52 +0000

I have to say, not just as a male myself, that I think your article was a little strange.

I completely agree that if a girl’s boyfriend is beating her then Edward Cullen would have a positive effect on relationships and expectations – that he reminds her that she should be respected, but how can you assume that a girl’s expectations only apply to domestic abuse?

The truth of the matter is that comparing real men to Edward goes far beyond violence. What happens when a girl is in her first romantic relationship and her boyfriend tells her that he wants to spend some time without her? Girls may compare this with Edward’s complete devotedness and subsequently the relationship may fail. How, then, is Edward a positive influence in this regard?

Domestic violence is a single aspect, and a rare one. Realistic men, as like women, can have many flaws – habits, bad speech or gait, be shy or introverted, be not very good looking. All of these traits could potentially be compared to Edward, who has none of these. If a relationship should suffer because of this, then I believe that Edward Cullen is a negative model for the expectations of women.

What if the boyfriend was controlling, sneaked into her house to watch her sleep, told her that he was trying his best not to kill her and stalked her? A girl asking herself the same question as in your article would stay in this clearly negative relationship.

I am a feminist, and I want equality for women as much as is possible, but I was taken aback by Perrine’s comment that Edward simply reminds men that they don’t live up to womens’ ‘equality expectations.’ If you consider a perfect man to be a symbol of equality, then you are no doubt encouraging us men to expect all women to be perfect as well. By your admission I should only be interested in obedient supermodels, and I know that’s unfair to everyone. Expecting Edward Cullen in any man is not showing equality at all, quite the opposite.

But insofar as reminding young girls that they should always be treated with respect, then that’s definitely good, but I think it’s far more complicated than just having Edward remind them of that.

By: kailey scoyne

kailey scoyne — Wed, 06 May 2009 16:53:21 +0000

edwerd u r so cute/hot ilove u and your cariter love your bigest fann kailey me and u are friends
u smile i smile
u hurt i hurt
u cry i cry
u jump off a brige i will love u still

By: Unhinged

Unhinged — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 01:13:53 +0000

Crap, that made me cry.

When you put it this way, yes. There isn’t anything wrong with mentioning Edward Cullen as a character for a young girl to keep in mind if she’s in a relationship with a guy who is not treating her as she deserves to be treated.

Full steam ahead, I say.

By: Isabel

Isabel — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:01:04 +0000

What a sad video but so real. Edward Cullen’s character is so gentlemanly, he will not fall for this type of behavior. Imagine how much he protected Bella, even from himself.

By: Perrine

Perrine — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:56:36 +0000

Hello Lorna!
An issue that affects me particularly.
Love the clip with Keira Knightley.
It’s a tragic issue, and as a feminist I do not often laugh about this!
But I sometimes said to myself that Edward was a model, a perfect exemplary of respect and kindness. Maybe that’s why so many men don’t like Edward and Twilight! It reminds them they are not up to our equality expectations!
Male chauvinism is still here, creeping and we must keep fighting for our dignity… It’s still ongoing.

Go Edward!