[PapaBear3625]

You and I did NOT grow up reading the same romance novels. Those smutty bodice-rippers of the 1970s and 1980s had the most ruthless, stalking rapists imaginable. They were absolute cads but had two things going for them: they were incredibly hot and generally rich. In the end they cleave to one woman,

I've read a lot of discussion about rape in women's romance novels being an example of women's power fantasies. Women fantasize about having the power to take a highly desirable man, and make him so insane with lust for her that he's unable to control himself. The rape fantasies in romance novels NEVER involve the pot-bellied middle-aged plumber, or other low-status male.

And, as you said, the power fantasy culminates in the high-status male committing to her. In real life, however, the high-status alpha male is more likely to move on to the next hot women as soon as he gets bored with the relationship with the current woman.

[A_perfect_lady]

Women fantasize about having the power to take a highly desirable man, and make him so insane with lust for her that he's unable to control himself. The rape fantasies in romance novels NEVER involve the pot-bellied middle-aged plumber, or other low-status male.

Yes, I noticed that too.