In his space, the question arose as to why people have a problem with Susan.
Here is the full quote. It is brief:
‘Sire,’ said Tirian, when he had greeted all these, ‘if I have read the chronicles aright, there should be another. Has not your Majesty two sisters? Where is Queen Susan?’
‘My sister Susan,’ answered Peter shortly and gravely, ‘is no longer a friend of Narnia.’
‘Yes,’ said Eustace, ‘and whenever you’ve tried to get her to come and talk about Narnia or do anything about Narnia, she says, “What wonderful memories you have! Fancy your still thinking about all those funny games we used to play when we were children.’
‘Oh, Susan!’ said Jill. ‘She’s interested in nothing nowadays except nylons and lipstick and invitations. She always was a jolly sight too keen on being grown-up.’
‘Grown-up indeed,’ said the Lady Polly. ‘I wish she would grow up. She wasted all her school time wanting to be the age she is now, and she’ll waste all the rest of her life trying to stay that age. Her whole idea is to race on to the silliest time of one’s life as quick as she can and then stop there as long as she can.’
‘Well, don’t let’s talk about that now,’ said Peter. ‘Look! Here are lovely fruit trees. Let us taste them.’
Certain hecklers have attempted, without much success, to interpret this as misogyny, or as the alleged phobic hatred Christians allegedly have toward sexuality, love and romance. Since we live in a world where the non-Christians have sex less often than the Christians, not to mention have fewer children and a higher rate of suicide and suicidal behaviors, I do not think the accusation need be refuted. Why level it?
Here is my theory.
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