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why is it that (actual) reverse harem are so rare in female-oriented stories, when romance dominates these stories? you would think that by now since romance is one of the most explored genres and people are tired of love triangles, female authors would've started churning out more reverse harems by at least the last decade. but they are rare, and most are boring and/or plotless smut. in male-oriented stories that is dominated by action-type genres, harems are so commonplace (nowadays, if there is more than one interest, 50% it's a harem). it's like instead of popularizing reverse harems, we veered into creating BL instead. what are the social, psychological, etc factors that come into play? is it bc we dont have a "catalyst" that would popularize RHs (like what Mushoku Tensei did to isekai harems)? are women more monogamous in general, and find more than one partner to be cheating no matter what? are there just a lot more lonely/single Japanese/korean male authors than their female counterparts? (look, im not a fan of RH in particular, but ive read masterpieces across all genres, but there's no RH that scratch that itch and satisfy me enough to put a stamp on it and move on. if men can do it, why not women?)