Edit: Warning, this is a serious post.
Too many middle aged white women with rape fetishes are writing romance fiction.
Even stuff that isn't as "hardcore" as 50 Shades of Grey can be absolutely disgusting.
I read books for a living. Sometimes I have to read books I don't like. Today I'm working on one that's particularly horrible.
There's a few scenes where the male protagonist is lusting after the female protagonist (who he apparently hates), and daydreams of "fucking her senseless" or "dragging her into his bed or against the wall." There's a scene where he forcibly kisses her, refusing to stop until well after she "becomes pliant beneath him." There's another scene where the male is driving the female somewhere in the snowstorm
But y'know, it's fine, because he's a brooding billionaire, and she's just a small town schoolteacher. The author tries to justify it with long, drawn-out scenes where the female character moons over the male character's hot bod, and wishes she could quote "jump his bones."
I fucking hate it. I hate situations like this being romanticized.
I could take my own experiences, or take absolutely ANY rape story, write it in the style of a romance novel, and BAM, people would probably call it "romantic."
It's rape culture. It's not ok. It's disgusting. The authors are bad for doing it. The readers abandon any shred of self-respect for desiring men like this, whether or not they're fictional.
*sigh*
ok i'm done ranting for now.
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