Rather than his sexual identity, I think it's his whole identity that Hye-Sung has struggled with. Aside from that I definelty I agree with him being emasculated. Regarding him being projected with misogynistic tropes I think I would have to re-read the story to refresh my memory on all the examples in order to voice my opinion on the subject.
Typically omegas are viewed as a mother who takes what people believe to be the woman's role in parental figures. As they (omegas) are viewed as mothers there are a lot of beliefs that taking on the mother role isnt as masculine or there is nothing masculine about it when, in fact, they are wrong. Both genders can be masculine and feminine as parental figures and can take on either role.
I can see what you're talking about in your comment. It's become somewhat normalized how there is a distinct treatment between both male and female and that there are some, not all, who will not voice out how rape is differently treated from men to women.
Um...its fictional?? This manhwa is an ABO webtoon. If you have an issue with hyesung being feminine or emasculated, maybe just stay away from the genre altogether. Im sure there are tons of manga out there that would suit your preferences. This work is fictional and the author has full creative freedom to write whatever they want as long as its not illegal/harmful to anyone?? There are literally hundreds of thousands of works like this out there, are you gonna call out every single creator for writing ABO or anything u dont morally agree with? Literally get a life and mind ur own business, not everything out there is for everybody, thats why tags and disclaimers exist. Its a pretty huge genre and many ppl out there read it (whether u like it or not). There are tags for a reason so people know what they’re going into when reading a new story. its a love story. What do you expect? He gets “raped,” they go on separate ways, end of story?? Idk what you were expecting tbh. If you’re so pressed about the non-con, you coulda just stopped reading it then
That's one of the things that I find interesting when reading mangas/manhwa. I read the story's that I find interesting while keeping in mind that it's fictional while also analyzing it in the background of my mind cause it's somewhat of a learning experience.
It's nice to see that despite the cold and harsh attitude that Hye-Sung portrays that makes people annoyed at him is some sort of form for a defense mechanism and that inside he's just insecure, afraid, stressed, and even pressured but that he still feels guilty and he really does love his son. It's just harder for him to express himself truthfully