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I wonder if Korean academics or anyone has ever studied the prevalence of extreme sexual violence in BL manhwas and what motivates the creators. Yes, there is "dark romance" (which isn't enough of an explanation because there are many ways to do "dark" it doesn't *have* to be rape, or the ML at the very least doesn't have to be the rapist) but even in the so called "lighter" titles, sexual assault and rape are incredibly common (MC is stumbling drunk but ML takes it as a green light). I'm just curious at this point? Is it really only to satisfy the market...?
Is it the same in the straight titles? GL? I read GL manga and manhua mostly and they are never this extreme although some do have the predatory lesbian trope. (I am also, admittedly, a lot more selective with what I read for GL than BL. )
I dropped Painter in the Night and I think I'm destined to do the same here, despite being invested in the MC's story. I read maybe a third of this chapter because I scrolled rapidly through all the horrors.