Because there are fewer manga that depict actual, genuine consent than otherwise. I have never actually read any of the scans tagged rape so I have no idea what "criteria" is used, but from what I've seen of content not tagged with rape, it is definitely used sparingly, and most certainly not used realistically (I'll spare everyone a lecture in rape myths).
I mean sure, people can write, draw or read whatever fetishes or questionable content they want. I'm not against that (although even rape fetishes require discussion, pre-planning and, gasp, consent! which could use a lot more representation, but that's the fault of no-one here), which is why I'm not asking for >50% of all the mature content on this site be tagged rape, but the much simpler request to just add a simple tag for those of us looking for more true-to-life depictions of relationships.
Like, seriously. It's not even like the characters are changing their mind in the middle of things, it's almost always quite clearly the very first thing they say when touched/kissed/etc.
"No" means no. Going ahead anyway? Yeah that's rape.
"NO!!" yelled at the top of one's lungs. Probably rape.
"STOP!!" screamed loudly. Pretty sure that's rape.
"Please..I'm begging you...Stop" (direct quote) ...Seriously?
And yeah, it's kinda gross seeing rape over and over and over and OVER.
In fact, it's gross in the exact same way that scat is gross to people who aren't into it. Scat just happens to not be as popular as rape.
BUT.
Scat is just a fantasy, just like rape (hopefully). In fact, statistics have shown that ~45% of straight men fantasize of being raped, while statistics for straight women vary between 50% - 75% (so many studies on women, so few on men, hmmmmmmmm).
So yeah, I'm in the minority, and I accept that. This is why I'm asking for just one simple tag.
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