I will say that I had Godly parents that have always taught us that people as a whole are not perfect and that expecting perfection from a spouse can cause more damage to a marriage than many other things. They also taught us to have high standards and that is what I think the author was attempting to show. In a world were many young ladies have no example of a man in their lives or examples that cause more damage than good I think a series that actually enforces not having sex is a good thing. I read someone's comment about Edward portraying God I think that that's a good point of view. The Bible tells us that wifes should honor their husbands and that husbands should love their wives as God loved the church, this is impossible to accomplish but we are called to work towards it… I think the same cause be said for the movie, young women shouldn't be looking for someone that is Edward rather someone that shows the attributes that Edward shows or better yet a young man that strives to be like our Heavenly Father… Once again from what I have read about the author that is along the lines what she was trying to show.

Now, Dracula, THERE'S a good vampire book. The Harkers rock hardcore, and Keanu Reeves should never have been allowed to play Jonathan Harker. Wish that all that crud with the Cult of the Feminine (languid and inherently pure femininity, linked with a kind of helplessness) hadn't worked its way in, though. Mina Harker did not have "the mind of a man," just because she was wicked smart, thank you very much.

Now I'm comparing Dracula to Twilight and the way they both treat the female leads for my Women's Literature class.. The similarities of Twilight to the repression of females in the Victorian era portrayed in Dracula is really pretty amazing. Three generations of feminism seems to have created a generation of girls who long for traditional gender roles.