In real life, rape is of course worse, but in the manga world (and quite a few bl novels, mostly Asian) there's just so much of it that you miss out on good stories because of it, since there's more of rape than cheating in bl manga as far as I've seen. I can't stand it, even if it's dubcon, but I put up with it for a lot. In so few (if any, maybe ...... reply
Rape is definitely worse, no question about it.
Although there are varying degrees of emotion pain you can feel from having a significant other cheat on you, being raped is just so much more worse because not only do you have to deal with the emotional trauma but the physical trauma as well.
Being raped is basically having your bodily autonomy v...... 1 reply
I mean most people that defend it in manga keep a clear border from what is fiction and what's reality.
I'd obviously say rape is worse as someone is being forced without their consent. Of course cheating is bad too but rape affects a person more.
Or that's what I assume, I'd be concerned if someone finds that cheating is worse unless they can c...... reply
From my experience on this site people seem to be rather on board with rape or constantly find excuse for it, probably due to how common it is in mangas. At the same time cheating is super frowned upon, and it seems really odd to me, that out of two bad things, the most traumatic of them is being defended.