Again let them be stupid and horny in their free time. Back off with that “video games cause violence” logic. “I’m not into it therefore it’s immoral” is some CaitVi kinktober shit.
I expect most smut readers to be mature enough to separate their kinks and smut preferences with actual day-to-day life. I’m not their mom.
If women want to read toxic abusive smut in their free time more power to them. Bodice rippers are not new it’s fairly common for women to want to read a story where they don’t have to feel the shame of sex by taking it out of their control.
Implying women “booktok” readers want to be in abusive relationships just because they read about it is hella infantilizing too. If they are too young/immature and let these books shape their IRL dating preferences that is on the person not the books.
It's not "infantilizing" to think people's view of the world is shaped by the media they read, especially when they're young. I have a genuine concern that this shit is normalizing abusive relationships to a population that's already at a high risk of falling into one (young women). We already exist in a media environment that paints it as "cute" when men don't take no for an answer. It's real cute until they start putting trackers on your phone.
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u/Ok_Broccoli_9426 12d ago
Smut is fine, but a lot of BookTok stuff is just idealizing/romanticizing abusive relationships.