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17026413 No.17026413 [Reply] [Original]

Why do his female protagonists always get raped but then immediately treat it like it's no big deal?

>> No.17026417

>>17026413
It's almost as if...

>> No.17026423

Because it's not a big deal

>> No.17026445

>>17026413
To a woman getting some free sex isn’t a big deal. It’s only bad when males consider their women soiled. A female protagonist in the modern world isn’t virgin and isn’t bound by caring about what men care about so she’s unaffected

>> No.17026692

>>17026445
I don't think it reflects well on men either - the three different books of his I can recall it happening in are all "James Bond situations" where instead of just leaving the girl tied to a chair with a laser charging up in her face, some thug's dick immediately finds its way into her as soon as she's captured