I’m actually really interested in how a lot of subconscious patriarchal expectations are brought to the surface in this dumpster fire smut comic. The priest and emperor expect free and easy sex from her because it is her “duty” as saintess in varying capacities. In particular, the priest expects her to comply with whatever is requested of her, but is also aware that she’s not in a situation where she can walk away if she didn’t want to comply with any specific act or instance of sex (the only reason this isn’t SA is because MC is an exceptionally horny super freak). When she actually enjoys the sex she is required to have, he degrades her for being “vulgar” and “corrupted” despite the fact that this is a job requirement she is unable to opt out of even if she desperately wanted to. He somehow wants her to possess the unchanging persona of an embarrassed, hesitant virgin despite having tons of marathon and/or kinky sex all of the time. He wants a perpetual virgin that f#cks like a pornstar, essentially traits that cannot functionally coexist in a single person. However, she is damned either way. If she possessed the persona he supposedly desired, sex would be physically unpleasant and mentally traumatic for her, not that those factors would be an issue for him. But there’s no doubt that if she was a dead fish, she would be criticized for not doing her job properly. When she does react “too positively” to sex, ie actually enjoying it and experiencing the physiological responses that go along with that, it’s merely an excuse to act out a different, more violent and degrading type of sex. That’s his distorted desire projected as a product of her flaws so he doesn’t have to question the nature of those impulses. She has absolutely no control of her environment, who she has sex with, when she has sex, and what that sex will entail, but he still manages to come up with faults to blame her for anything and everything that goes “wrong”. The reality is that he finds reasons to punish her because he wants to punish her. She will never be successful or flawless or well behaved enough to avoid it because he will always find a reason, and if there is none, he’ll make one of his own so that he gets to do what he wants with her. I’ve never encountered another character that so flawlessly personifies the patriarchal view of women and sex.
I instantly noticed that too and the comic does seem to be pretty self aware. It doesnt make it less of a dumpsters fire but it does give it some points
I’m actually really interested in how a lot of subconscious patriarchal expectations are brought to the surface in this dumpster fire smut comic. The priest and emperor expect free and easy sex from her because it is her “duty” as saintess in varying capacities. In particular, the priest expects her to comply with whatever is requested of her, but is also aware that she’s not in a situation where she can walk away if she didn’t want to comply with any specific act or instance of sex (the only reason this isn’t SA is because MC is an exceptionally horny super freak).
When she actually enjoys the sex she is required to have, he degrades her for being “vulgar” and “corrupted” despite the fact that this is a job requirement she is unable to opt out of even if she desperately wanted to. He somehow wants her to possess the unchanging persona of an embarrassed, hesitant virgin despite having tons of marathon and/or kinky sex all of the time. He wants a perpetual virgin that f#cks like a pornstar, essentially traits that cannot functionally coexist in a single person.
However, she is damned either way. If she possessed the persona he supposedly desired, sex would be physically unpleasant and mentally traumatic for her, not that those factors would be an issue for him. But there’s no doubt that if she was a dead fish, she would be criticized for not doing her job properly.
When she does react “too positively” to sex, ie actually enjoying it and experiencing the physiological responses that go along with that, it’s merely an excuse to act out a different, more violent and degrading type of sex. That’s his distorted desire projected as a product of her flaws so he doesn’t have to question the nature of those impulses. She has absolutely no control of her environment, who she has sex with, when she has sex, and what that sex will entail, but he still manages to come up with faults to blame her for anything and everything that goes “wrong”. The reality is that he finds reasons to punish her because he wants to punish her. She will never be successful or flawless or well behaved enough to avoid it because he will always find a reason, and if there is none, he’ll make one of his own so that he gets to do what he wants with her.
I’ve never encountered another character that so flawlessly personifies the patriarchal view of women and sex.