 Several female yaoi authors who have done BDSM-themed "yaoi" have been recruited to contribute stories to BDSM-themed "bara" anthologies or special issues.Female characters often have very minor roles in "yaoi", or are absent altogether.Suzuki notes that mothers in particular are portrayed in a negative light, for instance in "Zetsuai 1989" in which the main character as a child witnesses his mother murdering his father.