How to Write About Rape

1) Make certain rape fits the plot line. 

Writers sometimes choose to portray rape because it’s easy to get a reaction from the reader. With rape, it’s easy to get repugnance. It’s easy to create hatred. This laziness, though, results in shallow, unsustainable emotion. 

An Acceptable Victim

*TRIGGER WARNING: SEXUAL VIOLENCE*

When discussing sexual violence, there are 'unacceptable' victims and 'acceptable' victims.