Bollocks...

I have been seeing an influx of virgin stories in romance writing land. No, these are not the young woman finds her true love and ‘does the deed’. These stories are about women – sometimes girls – but always virgins - who are captured or kidnapped and made to submit to their captives. These stories are written under the guise of romance. You know, she is forced to submit to some almighty conquer who doesn’t give a crap she’s a virgin because he is almighty. So she is forced into sex with him – and sometimes others – and at the end of the books she loves the almighty conquer-aka- rapist.

I don’t see this as romantic. Rape never is. It also makes me wonder what the hell is wrong with women if they see this as acceptable. When did rape of an innocent become okay and something to read? When did we revert back to the dark ages when women were still treated as chattels to be used and abused by men?

Nah, you don’t have to agree with me. And yeah, read and write what the hell you like. But call it romance and slap a woman enfolded in a man’s arms cover on it and sell it as true love? Bollocks.