# Enough With The Stupid Vampire Shit **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 25, 2009, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-stupid-vampire-shit/507579 "2009-08-25T01:00:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 52
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2009, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-stupid-vampire-shit/507579/52 "2009-08-25T06:43:11Z")
> [@wierdaaron](#): > > Vamps are just an eternally useful metaphor. > > The vampires in Twilight are used as a metaphor for abstinence. In True Blood they’re a metaphor for racism/homophobia, as well as sexual repression. Anne Rice’s swishy vampires were a metaphor for sexual and material indulgence. > > There’s a reason the Twilight books, the True Blood books, and the Lestat books are all written by women. Women fucking love sexual metaphors. > > Women love vampires. > > Women hate zombies. > > Men love zombies. > > Men hate vampires. > > Zombies are usually used as metaphors as well, but never as sexual metaphors. The metaphor of Zombies is usually a sociological one, representing a frustration with society/order/rules/other people. > > Women have vampire fantasies because they all secretly want to be seduced by a powerful, dark man and be completely powerless to him. Men have zombie fantasies because they all secretly wish society would go to hell so they could run around and shoot people without repercussion. I think plenty of men like vampires; they just fantasize about BEING the vampire, not be seduced by one. Or about being the one who kills the vampire. And not the teenage girl fantasy vampires like TwiVamps; the terrifying, badass slaughters-his-enemies-and-drinks-their-blood type. Kain of the Legacy of Kain series of video games comes to mind. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/enough-with-the-stupid-vampire-shit/507579)._