Posted: Tue Sep 03, 2013 6:15 pm
Cameroi wrote:rape is at least potentially interesting in erotic literature. booze in not interesting in anything.
Well yeah and given that romance novels are oft cited as a source of womens' rape fantasies i'm not sure it's entirely out of the realm of reasonableness to consider that fiction does in fact reflect larger social norm and mores. gieven that between 31 to 57% of women have such fantasies and 9 to 17% find them deirable or preferred.
Here's the source adn no this isn't an excuse for rapists, but it illustrates the point that fiction and society are constantly influencing and reflecting to some extent the desires adn sensibilities of one another.
Adversary Transformation - In one survey of romance novels (which tend to be written by and for women), the lead female character was raped in 54%. The male heroes are usually rugged warrior types and these books may illustrate a desire to "conquer the heart of the rapist" and tame him for marriage.
Source:http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/psyched/200805/why-do-women-have-erotic-rape-fantasies