The failure of characters to talk back to authority figures when warranted might be one of the biggest cultural gaps between Western readers and manga (also true of other Asian media, like Kdramas).
Frankly, the only difference is see there is that in Japanese mange I see why it is that way (real-life cultural backgrounds) while in Western media it always leaves me with "what the hell author?!"
But the numbers of lesbian novels I've read where the characters tell their abusive parents to piss off is minuscule. Heck, I've read more about incestuous rape that are about forgiveness than any other route they could go down. And with any other "minor" abuses compared to that it's basically always expected to be forgiven or at least to be tolerated.
(latest example I came across was the heroine's father emotionally abusing the heroine for her entire childhood and teenage years, joining an evil organization and supporting whatever evil things they did, then murdering his own daughter and her lover. But they both got revived so it ends with a sort of 'yeah, we'll get over that, he's seen that he was wrong' message ^^)
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