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r*ape in yaoi as a social phenomenon?
just a random (or not) whim but can someone join me with pretending to be smart for a second and like theorized why rape and assault is so rampant and almost (with the rate of how it's going) essential to BL stories? bcos i am genuinely so curious bcos really most of the time the stories doesn't even need it like the plot is genuinely brilliant but it's like there's this invisible force that just compels authors to add a sprinkle of that into the story. is it because rape stories are more marketable? like in an economic perspective it's more profitable for authors to add that because erm the people loves it? do u guys think this theory reflects real life or am i tweaking. i actually want to look at it through an anthropological lense too like; does culture have anything to do with it etc. sociologically what does this all mean. my lack of expertise is holding me back from deducing anything). so i would really appreciate it if someone can help me.
i want to put a bullet here just in case someone have some theories or answers, if you can drop some research studies too I'd love that very much.
note: if anything i really want this to be more of a conversation driven by curiosity and less about morally condemning ppl although that is guaranteed i just think it would make the conversation less productive and like slip into digressing from the main objective (god i hope this doesn't get buried bcos i don't wanna pull out chatgpt and help its evolution)
mainly, I think its because most of these authors are bad writers. yaoi as a genre is primarily targeted towards women, and most women love the concept of "fixing" a bad boy. the easiest way to create one, or to turn the readers against a character is to make him a rapist. they have the option of making a character who's an asshole but also super c...... 2 reply
People like rape, it's a popular kink especially in women (there some psychology there idc to mention), bl is popular, yaoi is most of the time porn all of this equals to rape in yaois. 1 reply
I wanna highlight one of your points here because i agree with you 100%. You state: “ most of the time the stories doesn't even need it like the plot is genuinely brilliant but it's like there's this invisible force that just compels authors to add a sprinkle of that into the story.”
THIS.
My story: I was reading a BL (not going to say the na...... reply
Sigh... I've done research on this but let's go at it again.
First off, it has actually something to do with their culture like let's go with Manhwa so Koreans first of:
- Korea is a very much conservative country and is very, I mean very mysognistic. That's why being a Kpop Idol is practically a death sentence lol one wrong move and you're insta...... reply
To add to the discussion, I’ll take the marketing perspective.
There is the additional factor that “yaoi” is traditionally “males having sex,” whereas other forms of BL, like “shounen ai”, typically steer from the more provocative and sexual side.
If you wanted to make the generalization, yaoi is porn. (For the record, I don’t i...... 1 reply
It's simple; propaganda. That somehow it made the story more meaningful, and soon many stories did the same leading to desensitization(other factors like the target audience are to be considered as well). reply
