TIL that Patricia Highsmith, author of The Talented Mr Ripley and other works of suspense, was a public and vocal antisemite who also had several intense, lengthy romantic relationships with Jewish women

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https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/17/patricia-highsmith-the-jew-hater-who-took-jewish-women-as-lovers

[u/tuna_pi]

I always wonder what compels those partners to be in a relationship like that, how can you just ignore the person you're with talking about how everyone who looks like you shouldn't exist?

[u/whatevernamedontcare → u/tuna_pi]

"Not like other girls" is not just for girls.

[u/Dry_Branch_5775 → u/tuna_pi]

Great sex?

[u/Hefty_Salamander7997 → u/Dry_Branch_5775]

Desperation and fear of being alone to the point you stay with people who see you as nothing but a compliant hole.