Aside from your clear point that all of her examples of women fending off men were fictional, I hope she doesn't have tenure as a professor, as "Shakespeare's bar-wenches" shows a poor understanding of the sadness of Doll Tearsheet, Mistress Quickly, Maria, etc. Why not Queen Elizabeth herself as a model? Oh, and as another reader who despises Pamela, I suggest Fielding's Shamela as a chaser to Richardson's nonsense.
Aside from your clear point that all of her examples of women fending off men were fictional, I hope she doesn't have tenure as a professor, as "Shakespeare's bar-wenches" shows a poor understanding of the sadness of Doll Tearsheet, Mistress Quickly, Maria, etc. Why not Queen Elizabeth herself as a model? Oh, and as another reader who despises Pamela, I suggest Fielding's Shamela as a chaser to Richardson's nonsense.