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I keep seeing people defend books that include rape with excuses like “it’s just fiction,” “the plot is good,” or “I’m here for the worldbuilding.” But here’s the thing—rape is bad, period. Fiction or not.
What’s wild is that some people actually have a fetish for it. Because if you didn’t have even a little bit of that, you wouldn’t feel personally attacked when someone criticizes rape in a story. No one’s saying the book itself is terrible, or that the art or worldbuilding suck (though it’s kind of early to even judge that, honestly).
What people are saying is: we’re tired of rape being at the center of so many of these stories. And when defenders claim “it’s about revenge,” I just have to ask—why is rape always the go-to way to show that? Isn’t there literally any other way to write a revenge story?