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Originally Posted by HarryT
I see no protests about Harlequin and their degrading depiction of men as objects of sexual exploitation. The romance/erotica genre sells way, way more books than SF/Fantasy, and it's pretty much all depicting men in a sexually-exploitative manner. As I said, I see no harm whatsoever in such escapist fantasy. Are you suggesting that it's wrong for readers to enjoy such books, or for authors to write them?
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There's nothing wrong with escapist fantasy or romance.
There is more protest about sexism towards women because women are by a vast amount the major victims of sexism in our society.
But to continue this discussion I think I would need to get into subjects that are not appropriate outside the P&R forum, so I won't be responding again in this thread.