Girls love a bad boy- or at least they love reading about them. Bad boys turn up in YA lit over and over again, and readers eat them up. Some of these bad boys are simply misunderstood and have a heart of gold, brought out by their love for the girl. There is definitely something romantic about this notion, and I've fallen for it a few times myself. This to me is not a problem. As long as the bad boy has a degree of complexity that goes beyond the bad-boy exterior, I can take some bad behaviour. What does puzzle me, and am seeing discussed among some of my YA-loving friends is why we are o.k. with the sexual violence that is present in some of these stories. I'm not talking about rape here. That's a completely different issue, and authors like Laurie Halse Anderson
Sexual Violence and Bad Boys in YA
Sexual Violence and Bad Boys in YA
Sexual Violence and Bad Boys in YA
Girls love a bad boy- or at least they love reading about them. Bad boys turn up in YA lit over and over again, and readers eat them up. Some of these bad boys are simply misunderstood and have a heart of gold, brought out by their love for the girl. There is definitely something romantic about this notion, and I've fallen for it a few times myself. This to me is not a problem. As long as the bad boy has a degree of complexity that goes beyond the bad-boy exterior, I can take some bad behaviour. What does puzzle me, and am seeing discussed among some of my YA-loving friends is why we are o.k. with the sexual violence that is present in some of these stories. I'm not talking about rape here. That's a completely different issue, and authors like Laurie Halse Anderson