my two cents is that it's because content that involves rape and other controversial/sensitive material are created for adults. adults are expected to be able to differentiate between fiction and reality. i personally believe manhwa/hua/ga with rape is so popular is because those same people are into cnc (consensual nonconsent). it's roleplay. no o......
What’s empowering to women depends on the woman, if u as a straight women find stories about mlm and their sexual relationships empowering good for u ig, but like what was the liberating part for u, I’m curious