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Mostly because I was told King was on coke when he wrote it which is why it wasn't one of his best stories ever. 

On the other hand, cocaine seems to lower inhibitions from what I've gathered, although it's mostly been all liking people you don't like.   One site just said it lowered inhibitions, but I can't verity that it's a trustworthy site.   The sites like mayo and merck mostly go  over the physical effects.  

So, basically why I'm wondering this is if the books that King wrote while straight weren't as misogynistic, then there's an added issue here.    That is there is some serious subconscious bullshitery going on here.   Christine is then what King thinks of women when inhibitions are lowered, and I'm not comfortable with this.   

This combines with other issues I've encountered. 

Is a story about a haunted car the right place to have a discussion about misogyny and racism?   I would argue that this excuses King of all responsibility for adding it in, then.   It's simply there, and it's how things were, and it's just another mediocre story that normalizes the marginalization of both women and minorities.   I'd argue that every piece that King writes is a chance to either make things better by kicking off a discussion, to not use the same tired attitudes if he doesn't want that discussion to intrude on the story at all, or to simply be another story written by another cis het white man, showing off all his prejudice.   He's chosen the latter route.   

Or as my friend said when I mentioned someone asked this question - or half of it, as she interrupted me before I could finish: 'Yes, every time and place is the right time.'  

This ties into the 'it's just the way it was,' argument.   I've made the argument before, but a lot of people living in far less enlightened times at least tried to do more than King did.  Again, it's an easy way to timestamp back the book, it's lazy, and it allows King - and everyone reading Christine at the very least - to skate by on that excuse as well.   If people who lived in the US when slavery was allowed, nay smiled upon by the majority of rich white people were able to say, 'fuck, no, this is wrong,' then King has precedent of people not going with the flow and just doing the right thing.   

But again, if coke lowers inhibitions, then this is what King really thinks about women.   And he's said that he writes based on his own fears.   There is a lot of fear of women in this novel, and I'm thinking that's what kicked this off in the first place.   

When you put everything together, it's really disconcerting. 

On the other hand, I started an Edward Lorn, and I've been much happier reading some of his earlier works.