The idea that a female character with negative traits is evidence of misogyny is silly. Stoner isn't misogynistic and this isn't an appropriate way to read nov

The idea that a female character with negative traits is evidence of misogyny is silly. Stoner isn't misogynistic and this isn't an appropriate way to read novels. The writer argues that Stoner's attitude towards Walker, a student, is bullying when, in the novel, that student is presented as lazy and nihilistic. By invoking misogyny, the Post article is doing the same thing as Walker: offering up a facile objection instead of engaging. If literature is worth studying at all then it can't be dismissed by invoking "misogyny" or "questioning the usefulness of grammar".