ext_2832 ([identity profile] tacky-tramp.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] alixtii 2007-06-09 03:08 pm (UTC)

A story about incest is not going to function in the same way as a story about racism.

I think you mean "the same way as a story that features racist tropes." I wish we had more stories that were actually about racism.

Anyway, I agree with you. We're talking about this on [livejournal.com profile] deadbrowalking right now, and the distinction I drew is this:

I believe quite strongly that racist tropes in fic point to and perpetuate real-life prejudice and real-life occurrences of racism, but I don't believe that taboos in porn have much at all to do with real-life occurences of sexual victimization.

I understand, though, that a survivor of incest or child abuse or rape might not feel the same way.

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