I will never admit to it in person but:
Honestly, my dirty secret is i love rape in fiction, mainly b/c of my own abusive background--it's twisted but that's how i connect with the story, emotionally/sexually. But it does get tiring, all this rape that gets tossed in and brushed off like nothing happens. I dislike the stories where rape and then su...... 3 reply
Rape in a totally fictional story is completely fine and the people who are bothered by it don't have to read it. I'm confused as to how this whole notion that all fictional rape is somehow promoting real rape even came to be. to me it just seems like someone didn't like it and decided that no one else was allowed to like it either.
Personally I h...... 4 reply
If I could live in a dope ass Anime, and have like super powers and be surrounded my fine looking men. I don't think I would ever come back to reality.I would willing give up my current life now for that opportunity. reply
Both, sometimes I need sexual action and other times I need fluffy angst. To be honest I just read whatever if the description sounds interesting so Genres don't matter much to me. reply
Based on all the replies that I read saying that portraying rape in Yaoi is subconsciously promoting the notion that rape is ok in reality-I'm just wondering how do you making that connection? Like is there evidence of this? Is there some study that shows people who read Yaoi are more likely to commit rape. Or have you personally as a reader of Yao...... 1 reply
In the real world, there is no actual consensus on what is rape so that one can clearly state, "This is wrong in the real world but is okay in fiction." So, so, so, so many rape scenarios in yaoi manga happen IRL and the victims are shamed while the rapists are defended. The victim was drunk so it wasn't rape. The victim went over to his house alon...... 1 reply
Yes.
I know some might not agree, but this is fiction. And there are points where I DO think it fits in the plot or is kinda hot, since there's no meaning and no plot (a real »Yaoi« in the original sense of the word, you might say - like »Kinbaku« or »Mob for Jack«, for example) and sometimes, it's is, to some extent, even okay to »romantas...... 1 reply
