Sorry for the dealy in replying, I as out in the wilds with no real internets for a while!
Ok so - First off I have to admit that I have zero experience witht he Supernatural origins of the trope because SPN has never been my fandom. I have, however, read it pretty extensively in a lot of other fandoms so I've seen a lot of things done with it.
Basically, from my point of view making the assumption that anyone reading A/B/O will automatically know there willbe consent issues and even more so, recognize those consent issues is propagating rape culture. A bit like Twilight - those of us who already know better see it as a horrible abusive controlling mess, but a lot of people romanticize the hell out of it. By writing eroticized/romanticized descriptions of acts that lack consent without a frame of reference where this is noted, the lack of consent is given an air of normalcy. As much as we'd like to think everyone in fandom is a well-read feminist, etc, that is simply not the case.
I am definitely not saying that people should not want to write or read such things. I am not a hypocrite, after all. But I think these things should come with the acknowledgement that there are issues within. Literary equivalent of don't try this at home. Does that make sense?
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Date: 2012-07-19 03:01 pm (UTC)Ok so - First off I have to admit that I have zero experience witht he Supernatural origins of the trope because SPN has never been my fandom. I have, however, read it pretty extensively in a lot of other fandoms so I've seen a lot of things done with it.
Basically, from my point of view making the assumption that anyone reading A/B/O will automatically know there willbe consent issues and even more so, recognize those consent issues is propagating rape culture. A bit like Twilight - those of us who already know better see it as a horrible abusive controlling mess, but a lot of people romanticize the hell out of it. By writing eroticized/romanticized descriptions of acts that lack consent without a frame of reference where this is noted, the lack of consent is given an air of normalcy. As much as we'd like to think everyone in fandom is a well-read feminist, etc, that is simply not the case.
I am definitely not saying that people should not want to write or read such things. I am not a hypocrite, after all. But I think these things should come with the acknowledgement that there are issues within. Literary equivalent of don't try this at home. Does that make sense?