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07-02-2009, 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Tsuwabuki View Post
Your impression is correct, in as far as I know. On the other hand, I still don't see how they are any more or less "pro"-rape than trashy romance novels. If you've ever read one of those, I tell you, a plot line where a handsome, yet sympathetic villain captures and "ravishes" a female character until she finds she's fallen for him is incredibly common. The demographic? Women.

Even if the language is more flowery, isn't the "objectionable message" the same?
I've never read a romance novel and never will since I hate romance stories in general. That aside, for those types of novels, the villain isn't raping or abusing her and then she falls for him, right? He just has a "bad boy image" or something, right? Isn't it usually that the more time spent together (forced or otherwise), the two eventually fall for one another? Isn't that usually the case for those sappy novels?
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