Rewired by dark romance

Some people say that novels in the genre of “dark romance” (or even just romantasy) are a form of sexual conditioning that is wreaking havoc on women's brains and sex lives. They say that these novels reprogram the reader's brain and body to crave rape and sexual abuse, and to desire evil men in real life.

The following is an example plot/storyline for a hypothetical novel in the genre of “dark romance”. Let us consider the potential for this storyline to reprogram the brains of readers.

Christopher (the male protagonist) is a powerful and very masculine billionaire with a dominating personality. He is extraordinarily handsome and smart in the opinion of Anna (the female protagonist). When he meets Anna by chance, he quickly becomes enamored with her. He develops an intense desire to possess her. He is proud of his reputation for having unbreakable self-control and self-restraint. However, he feels his self-control wavering whenever he is near Anna. He has never before felt such strong and uncontrollable feelings about a woman.

Anna is initially happy to receive Christopher's undivided attention until she discovers that Christopher's company is the one that destroyed her father's business. Her father has a lifelong feud with Christopher and hates him ferociously. Out of loyalty to her father, Anna declines all of Christopher's invitations and offers.

Christopher's desire for Anna has already grown to a searing intensity. He is unable to stop thinking about her constantly. His famous self-control shatters dramatically. He is utterly determined to possess Anna. He is willing to risk the destruction of his entire empire in order to get Anna and make her his wife.

She has gone into hiding. He tracks her down. She flees, and he chases her. He captures her and abducts her. He forcibly transports her to his private island, and he locks her inside his huge luxurious palace. Inside the palace, he and his servants spoil her with every luxury that she could possibly want. He gives her everything that she desires except for her freedom to leave.

When he tries to have sex with her, she is very tempted to agree, especially considering that her body responds with strong arousal in response to his mere presence. She comes very close to saying yes. However, she is still angry about being held captive, so she refuses to have sex with him. By this point, he is overwhelmed with burning hot lust for her. He loses control of himself.

He claims her for himself. He grabs her and overpowers her muscles. He takes her forcibly, and he conquers her and dominates her sexually. She surrenders and submits to him. She feels intense pleasure, and she begins to enjoy the sex. She ends up having an Earth-shattering orgasm. In the end, she agrees to be his wife.

Now I will describe the impact that such a “dark romance” novel has on the brains of female readers.