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Originally Posted by DMSmillie
In this case, though, as far as I know we simply don't have anywhere near enough information to know or be able to state that that is why these two books were dropped. If one could show a systematic pattern of books containing same-gender sex being dropped, while similar books containing opposite-gender sex are not, then it would be different. Simply being able to point to books with opposite-gender sex that haven't been dropped isn't sufficient on its own, though, since one can equally well point to other books with same-gender sex that haven't been dropped. There needs to be a perceivable pattern with significant differences in the sexual orientations portrayed in books dropped by Amazon in order to demonstrate that it's the result of prejudice and discrimination, and not just, for example, ad hoc responses to complaints or adverse publicity about specific books.
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I agree. It's just a guess, but I think it's more likely that Amazon received a certain number of complaints about the two books in question - "How to Rape a Straight Guy" is a very provocative title and the other title may have been collateral damage.
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Caleb