WARNING: Topic of Rape in Fiction

[tifaswife]

Hello! I'm sort of new to DW so if this kind of discussion isn't allowed here or has already been discussed, let me know and I'll delete this post.

I used to be active in a group on Goodreads called Paranormal Romance and someone made a thread concerning rape in books. I'm not that big of a paranormal-romance fan without the urban-fantasy genre because most of the ones I've read are pretty ridiculous—heroine falling madly and hopelessly in love with her paranormal knight in shining armor within a few encounters doesn't really float my boat (or worse, when they take a strong female character and break her down into a submissive slave to her "knight in shining armor"). Anyway, I just wanted to know what your thoughts were as far as rape in the media goes. A lot of people brought up some good points and many brought up some bad points in the thread. I'm interested in what you all think because I need more rebuttals against people who defend rape handled poorly in fiction. This discussion isn't restricted to the act of rape but people using the term "rape" frivolously as well (ex: you're "raping" the English language). What do you think?

( Cut for my opinion... )

You could also join in on the conversation (although, it's kind of dead) if you're on GR.