When you mentioned Mirror Dance I was reminded of Shards of Honor, and how it's clear that Cordelia is affected much more by her bad earlier relationship than by her attempted rape. Which I think is a point that books like this are missing - God knows that rape has been and is prevalent, and is traumatic (often highly so), but the vast majority of the bad things that men do to women are not rape, but are subtler and more systematic. Which makes "rape 24/7" seem like a cheap, easy way of writing about the oppression of women, and therefore unlikely to say much that's really useful or interesting.
(Obviously I have nothing against fiction that is just fun and doesn't try to say anything in particular, but I'm not going to consider a rapetastic book for the "just fun" category.)
On an unrelated note, I think this post should have a "bestiality: horses" tag. And then you should read Tender Morsels and add a "bestiality: bears" tag.
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Date: 2010-11-15 06:29 pm (UTC)(Obviously I have nothing against fiction that is just fun and doesn't try to say anything in particular, but I'm not going to consider a rapetastic book for the "just fun" category.)
On an unrelated note, I think this post should have a "bestiality: horses" tag. And then you should read Tender Morsels and add a "bestiality: bears" tag.