[Let's Roll]

Who even knew that conservatives would be discerning enough to BE Austen fans?

Would have thought that only ‘women’ dressed like vaginas would have the intellect, sensitivity and good taste to be Austen fans.

[Ohioan]

I seriously doubt that many contemporary "Feminists" would really be Jane Austin fans. She was one of the best feminine writers, ever--possibly the best--with a keen eye for how different people (and characters) are mentally wrapped. She was not at war with reality.

And I do not believe that she has ever been out of contemporary print.

[ctdonath2]

Conservatives should relish Austen, while Leftist loathe her.

Unmarried youth were expected to be chaste, respectable, subordinate to elders, religious, and productive.
Marriage was pursued with great seriousness & urgency. Leeching off parents, or loitering about with amusements, was frowned on - not because for casual accusations of idleness, but because survival depended on either productivity or familial wealth.
Fornication, if discovered, ruined one’s prospects.
Marrying up was encouraged; marrying for basic sustenance was a minimum. It wasn’t about feelings, it was about survival.
Austen’s heroines _did_ pursue feelings into marriage, but only because the available prospects ensured survival whichever choice she made; falling in passionate love for the guy who was filthy stinking absurdly rich was a bonus on top of adhering to all other social requirements.
The supporting characters who went after gambling & fornication were quickly cut off, while paid enough to get their lives straight long enough to politely get out of everyone else’s.
The saddest cases still managed to achieve union and self-sufficiency, coupled with someone who while maybe not affectionate did act with respect & responsibility.
That’s all quite “conservative”.

Leftists would be understandably outraged that society would press so hard for of-age children to seek out a permanent heterosexual church-sanctioned union, with women hoping for an economic step up and men seeking a submissive helpmate with desirable appearance. Furthermore, they would (and by their own axioms, should) be aghast at the severe rejection of anyone engaged in promiscuity, gender fluidity, unproductive occupations, etc.

Heck, as a “so conservative I’m to the right of the Tea Party” & “I’ve got a knife, let’s go camping” male, _I’m_ an Austen fan.

[ctdonath2]

Per #22, feminiSTS would hate Austen, but feminiNE love her - and accordingly would men who prefer one or the other.