I, and I assume several others really prefer not to read 
stories that contain violent sexual content such as rape, or
sexual abuse. Usually, such stories are darkfics and labeled 
as such, but many darkfics do not contain that kind of action,
and are (in my rather *one-sided* opinion) readable.
	On the other side of the coin, there are action or drama 
fics that, while they are not labeled as darkfics, might contain 
this kind of treatment as well.

Is a label needed to denote violent sexual content in fics?

Such would allow those who did not mind reading about rape or sexual
abuse in a literary context the freedom to read what they chose, while
allowing those of us who are disturbed by the mention of something like
that the chance to not read something that would upset us.

While I would like to be open minded about this subject, I have
strong personal reasons to be offened and disturbed by the use
of sexual violence as a literary device. I have no problem with 
violence or sexual content in their own contexts, though, so this
is a purely aesthetic matter for me.

For example, I probably would not have read 'Lost' by Gary Kleppe had
I known that the climax would have centered around the consequences of
girl-Ranma being raped. Gary advertised it as being 'fairly dark' with 
a happy ending, if I recall correctly. While it was well written, it was
deeply disturbing.

Is it an unreasonable request?

Chris
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