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Case ([personal profile] case) wrote in [community profile] fandomsecrets2019-01-27 02:43 pm

[ SECRET POST #4406 ]


⌈ Secret Post #4406 ⌋

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(Anonymous) 2019-01-28 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
I'll just copy and paste an comment I just made because ahahahah, I read the research on the subject ages ago.

"rape fantasies and a taste for douchebag fictional characters don't cause men to be arseholes, evidence suggests it's in fact a method to cope with the fact men are arseholes.

You either fictionalise, sexualise and in general nerf the sheer horror of existence in the current climate of dude behaviour, or you invent a series of nonsensical rituals (see almost every list of 'rape prevention behaviour for women') to avoid it happening to you; because on both ends of the spectrum you've been told everyday of your life that rape/abuse/harassment/assault is not a matter of if but a matter of when, and that when it happens it will be your fault no matter how many precautions were taken.

A lot of people do both.

The fact is turning something into a horny fantasy is way easier means to handle reality than spending 100% of the time you spend existing in pants-wetting-terror."


Now for me personally, I identify as a sadist and enjoy seeing male and female characters in pain. But the fact is a lot of it for most people boils down to "either spend all your time being scared of what you've always been told is an inevitable threat, or nerf that fear into a manageable thoughts so you can continue with everyday life doing basic day to day humaning."

This is why these kinds of fantasies and equivalents are not prevalent with cishet men, a cishet dude doesn't follow any rituals in his day to avoid rape or abuse and frankly most don't ever consider it a possibility it could happen to them. Cishet men are not raised that constant statement of 'this is going to happen to you and nothing you can do will stop it but it will be your fault anyway,' so there's never any need to defuse a fear of the inevitable event.