Talk:Tooru Mutsuki/@comment-25615147-20150119222820/@comment-10733658-20150125054518

No one is claiming that rape isn't a real issue. Absolutely no where is that being claimed.

However, there are so many negative stereotypes tied into the ideas about rape and about how such things relate to anyone that isn't heterosexual or cisgendered. The idea that they are only doing something because of rape or abuse, as opposed to any such thing being two completely different issues.

I would also point out that Tomboy =/= Living as or Identifying as a Man. They really are not the same thing, but I keep seeing people bring that up when it really is apples and oranges. One is just a girl that likes stuff labeled "masculine" but is still very much a girl, while the other is someone that is actively living with a male identity. Like, usually a tomboy would be annoyed or insulted if someone thought they were a dude.

There are PLENTY of positive examples of raped women in the media. For better or worse, sexual assault is a common back story for awesome heroines and absolutely does get dealt with. What I have issue with is the stereotypical usage to explain away lesbians or Transmen, explicitly with the aspect that everything is merely a coping mechanism and that all they need is to be "fixed" to become "normal" again. Therein lies the concerns I have, should that be the direction Ishida takes things.

Because right now, from reading around the internet, I see that many Transgender fans identify with Mutsuki and recognize their own experiences and thoughts being portrayed on the page. And to see another character become that oft-used cliche of "just pretending" and "becoming normal after being fixed" would absolutely be a slap in the face to fans that have almost zero representation in the media worldwide. So yeah, I have misgivings about that particular negative stereotype and trope. So sue me.