Five chapters in, the way the (sexual) violence of men and the patriarchal hammer that crushes anything deemed feminine and innocent is portrayed, is too accurate, painfully so. The commodification and exploitation of a body deemed 'innocent' that can be 'corrupted' and the way abusers enjoy the fact the MC seems like he can be 'ruined' (while also being a walking dichotomy of virgin, child like innocence, and a 'whore' - Madonna/whore in one) reminds me of the pedophilic patriarchal standards for (sexual) dominance and masculine performance and pleasure. The MC being beautiful and effeminate means he falls in the same category as a woman or a child - to be exploited, controlled, and dominated, his body doesn't belong to him anymore, and it's gazed upon, shamed, and yet consumed.
I also get reminded of Epstein and how he had a particular preference for 'innocent' looking girls whom he wanted to 'corrupt'. I just know this story will be very deep, claws in your skin deep.
Five chapters in, the way the (sexual) violence of men and the patriarchal hammer that crushes anything deemed feminine and innocent is portrayed, is too accurate, painfully so. The commodification and exploitation of a body deemed 'innocent' that can be 'corrupted' and the way abusers enjoy the fact the MC seems like he can be 'ruined' (while also being a walking dichotomy of virgin, child like innocence, and a 'whore' - Madonna/whore in one) reminds me of the pedophilic patriarchal standards for (sexual) dominance and masculine performance and pleasure. The MC being beautiful and effeminate means he falls in the same category as a woman or a child - to be exploited, controlled, and dominated, his body doesn't belong to him anymore, and it's gazed upon, shamed, and yet consumed.
I also get reminded of Epstein and how he had a particular preference for 'innocent' looking girls whom he wanted to 'corrupt'. I just know this story will be very deep, claws in your skin deep.