If you're gonna be replying that, kindly scroll away. I just wanted to vent a little, and might be writing a long article that doesn't hold much value. It is not a demand for solution to change the world, nor an attack against a particular gender. Please read it carefully, and I hope you can get the core content of what I'm trying to express. So I don't really read smuh often. But occasionally, I do enjoy it (the cycle is out for me). The problem arises here. I'm really disgusted by such works that are aimed towards a male audience. HEAR ME OUT. Almost 95% of the time, these works portray a woman who is the 'ideal' target of attraction for most men. Big chested, and ridiculously beautiful/something completely specific like a flat chested Y/N (lowkey a pedo depiction ngl). While the man is almost always a 'loser'? Canonically ugly and a 'failure', or looked down by such women. Then the story unfolds and somehow these men suddenly hold power over the women. The girl struggles, kinda depicted as 'foul mouthed' or 'strong headed' usually. And then, inevitably ends up becoming an obedient, mindless 'sex toy' or 'cohh sleeve' at the end. Saying things like "I'm just a woman now who belongs to a man" or "Please ra4e me more"... I'm not even making ts up— these are real lines from some of such works. Frankly speaking, this is straightaway just a depiction of rape. It's misogynistic, and depicts gruesome assault that even lacks reason and rationality. I've mostly been a person who never really minded morally questionable works. Mostly because I blindly believed the freedom of expression. But coming across such works, really made me question that. In a world that is full of societies that struggle with SA and gender oppression, aimed at women predominantly for centuries, such works are not helping at all. It's obvious who consumes these works— from young boys to old men. Of course there might be handful of female audience as well, but looking at the statistics— I think it would be safe to say that it can be ignored. What genuinely worries me, is the lack of empathy and ability among this audience, to discern between fiction and reality. With how mainstream such works are, I think it creates an environment where a large number of such consumers don't even see that it's problematic? They simply think that because it's largely accepted by their own group, it's a valid viewpoint. Of course not everyone will be outward about it. I'm damn sure 90% of such people pretend to not harbor such fantasies. But generally, constant exposure and consumption of such works would program them to internalise misogyny and gender violence. They might not act on it explicitly, but it's a ticking time bomb in a situation where they believe they can get away with it. Coming back, why am I even writing all this? I think I really just wanted to pen down my frustrations. Of course, I am not outwardly trying to ask for solutions. Because perhaps there isn't one. It all started because I fumbled upon such a work. I read a few lines, and I was appalled to the extent of nausea. And I genuinely felt like crying because it was THAT horrible. What I can only hope, is that people could separate fiction and reality. That they would still hold some empathy and respect for a woman, as another fellow human being before seeing her for her sex.
If you're gonna be replying that, kindly scroll away. I just wanted to vent a little, and might be writing a long article that doesn't hold much value. It is not a demand for solution to change the world, nor an attack against a particular gender. Please read it carefully, and I hope you can get the core content of what I'm trying to express.
So I don't really read smuh often. But occasionally, I do enjoy it (the cycle is out for me). The problem arises here. I'm really disgusted by such works that are aimed towards a male audience. HEAR ME OUT. Almost 95% of the time, these works portray a woman who is the 'ideal' target of attraction for most men. Big chested, and ridiculously beautiful/something completely specific like a flat chested Y/N (lowkey a pedo depiction ngl). While the man is almost always a 'loser'? Canonically ugly and a 'failure', or looked down by such women. Then the story unfolds and somehow these men suddenly hold power over the women. The girl struggles, kinda depicted as 'foul mouthed' or 'strong headed' usually. And then, inevitably ends up becoming an obedient, mindless 'sex toy' or 'cohh sleeve' at the end. Saying things like "I'm just a woman now who belongs to a man" or "Please ra4e me more"... I'm not even making ts up— these are real lines from some of such works. Frankly speaking, this is straightaway just a depiction of rape. It's misogynistic, and depicts gruesome assault that even lacks reason and rationality.
I've mostly been a person who never really minded morally questionable works. Mostly because I blindly believed the freedom of expression. But coming across such works, really made me question that. In a world that is full of societies that struggle with SA and gender oppression, aimed at women predominantly for centuries, such works are not helping at all. It's obvious who consumes these works— from young boys to old men. Of course there might be handful of female audience as well, but looking at the statistics— I think it would be safe to say that it can be ignored. What genuinely worries me, is the lack of empathy and ability among this audience, to discern between fiction and reality. With how mainstream such works are, I think it creates an environment where a large number of such consumers don't even see that it's problematic? They simply think that because it's largely accepted by their own group, it's a valid viewpoint. Of course not everyone will be outward about it. I'm damn sure 90% of such people pretend to not harbor such fantasies. But generally, constant exposure and consumption of such works would program them to internalise misogyny and gender violence. They might not act on it explicitly, but it's a ticking time bomb in a situation where they believe they can get away with it.
Coming back, why am I even writing all this? I think I really just wanted to pen down my frustrations. Of course, I am not outwardly trying to ask for solutions. Because perhaps there isn't one. It all started because I fumbled upon such a work. I read a few lines, and I was appalled to the extent of nausea. And I genuinely felt like crying because it was THAT horrible. What I can only hope, is that people could separate fiction and reality. That they would still hold some empathy and respect for a woman, as another fellow human being before seeing her for her sex.