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Good point. I don\'t know about Brave New World, but I know that in the DragonridersOfPern books, rape is pretty muched glossed over (see ValuesDissonance for the rapes of Brekke and Tai), since there\'s an undertone of \
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Good point. I don\\\'t know about Brave New World, but I know that in the DragonridersOfPern books, rape is pretty much glossed over (see ValuesDissonance for the rapes of Brekke and Tai), since there\\\'s an undertone of \\\"they really want it, they just need the right guy to show them the joy of sex, and if he has to force himself on her to get her to enjoy herself that\\\'s okay\\\". Which made for some really odd dissonance in Dragonseye/Red Star Rising, where a rape trial is held and the rapists are {{CompleteMonster}}s. Apparently, rape is only okay if you have a dragon and you know your victim is secretly in love with you. You\\\'re right, the FreeLoveFuture is a maelstrom of UnfortunateImplications. The only way those issues can really be dodged is if \\\'\\\'absolutely everyone\\\'\\\' is a highly moral EthicalSlut.
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These points are good, but they probably belong on the jealousy tropes rather than the FreeLoveFuture. As it is, it sounds just a little bit like a slap on the wrist for monogamists in the \'\'present\'\' day (FreeLoveFuture aside, many people don\'t think \
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Good point. I don\\\'t know about Brave New World, but I know that in the DragonridersOfPern books, rape is pretty muched glossed over (see ValuesDissonance for the rapes of Brekke and Tai), since there\\\'s an undertone of \\\"they really want it, they just need the right guy to show them the joy of sex, and if he has to force himself on her to get her to enjoy herself that\\\'s okay\\\". Which made for some really odd dissonance in Dragonseye/Red Star Rising, where a rape trial is held and the rapists are {{CompleteMonster}}s. Apparently, rape is only okay if you have a dragon and you know your victim is secretly in love with you. You\\\'re right, the FreeLoveFuture is a maelstrom of UnfortunateImplications. The only way those issues can really be dodged is if \\\'\\\'absolutely everyone\\\'\\\' is a highly moral EthicalSlut.
