Rebecca Hayes-Smith: A Brief Summary

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Rebecca Hayes-Smith has read all of four of the books in the Twilight series and so all her opinions are coming from her mind rather than what other people conclude. Her opinions consist of how the Twilight series represents male dominance, female weakness, abuse in relationships, and racial inequality. Bella not being able to take care of herself, she does not get scared when Edward hurts her during sex, and the racial competition between Edward and Jacob are big social issues that happen regularly today. With these books being so popular, they could influence societies to accept male dominance over women, abuse in relationships, and the racial inequality between white and the minority. What I found interesting about this article towards

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