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Originally Posted by ScalyFreak
I do realize that. That doesn't mean I agree that the, "it's okay for a woman to have sex only if she didn't agree to it" mentality is acceptable or defensible at any point in time, ever. The fact that there was no other way of doing it in the 80s says as much about the society the romance writing industry was placating as it does about the industry itself. None of it is positive.
And for the record, if the hero in the book you mentioned was seduced against his will, I have as much of a problem with that as I do with it being done to an innocent country miss in a regency novel. Active consent matters.
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For me, some books I found right around 80s or 90s, now they are not my taste anymore. There are some of them I haven't been able to read neither at that moment and other, well, now they aren't my cup of tea. And I totally agree with you in the second point.