*snort* I'm going to start carrying excerpts of the novel I'm working on with me when I go out. That way, when a guy comes up to me and say, "Hi. My name's Steve. Can I buy you a drink?" I can say, "Sure! But you've got to read this first."
Oh, wait. I don't go out anymore. Shoot!
The book I'm reading now is a Julie Garwood from 1988 that was republished in 2006. There are two scenes in it that is basically marital rape, which I was not expecting at all. I thought it was written more recently, so major WTF? moment.
I think you could still make a non consensual sex scene in a modern novel work, given that there is either not too much hidden pleasure on the part of the heroine (I'm terrified! Oops, orgasm!) or she was drunk. Not that date rape is acceptable or anything, but I think women today would be more willing to suspend their disbelief for a situation with impaired judgment than one that's straight-up rape.
Don't become Catherine Coulter, Ciorstan. I don't know how she sleeps at night.
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Date: 2008-05-23 01:36 am (UTC)Oh, wait. I don't go out anymore. Shoot!
The book I'm reading now is a Julie Garwood from 1988 that was republished in 2006. There are two scenes in it that is basically marital rape, which I was not expecting at all. I thought it was written more recently, so major WTF? moment.
I think you could still make a non consensual sex scene in a modern novel work, given that there is either not too much hidden pleasure on the part of the heroine (I'm terrified! Oops, orgasm!) or she was drunk. Not that date rape is acceptable or anything, but I think women today would be more willing to suspend their disbelief for a situation with impaired judgment than one that's straight-up rape.
Don't become Catherine Coulter, Ciorstan. I don't know how she sleeps at night.