Hmm... I'm getting a lot of
controversy over the "forced" tag that I added to
one of the new manga.
While yes, it is not a show of excessive force, it DOES depict a sex act begun without consent and statements otherwise.
As a strong beleiver in "no means no", I tagged it "forced". User comments said otherwise, saying that this did not fall under the label. I have since removed the tag, as I try to listen to user opinions when tagging.
My question is: where should we taggers draw the line? I try to withhold my feminist bias for the most part, and want to give the Fakku community an accurate tagging of their manga, but at what point does a manga saying "no" NOT fall under the #forced group?
With the argument that "oh, no with an eventual yes/mindbreak means yes", wouldn't that be condoning rape and sexual assault acts as natural? I don't wish for that to happen, but I do want to guide users to the right label for what they seek and have come to expect from a genre.
Notes: in legal terms, rape is defined as lack of consent or clear dissent. This means even within a relationship/marriage, if the sex is unwanted by either partner, it is still rape.
I am willing to overlook that second fact for the sheer reason that most Fakku users probably don't want to consider it "real" rape, but please note it can be.
In addition, silence or lack of verbal consent also implies rape.
I will, for now, probably only be tagging more "forceful" rape and sex acts as #forced, but keep in mind I also try to weigh my choices against the real definitions of the term.