 Anal intercourse is understood as a means of expressing commitment to a partner, and in "yaoi", the "apparent violence" of rape is transformed into a "measure of passion".While Japanese society often shuns or looks down upon women who are raped in reality, the "yaoi" genre depicts men who are raped as still "imbued with innocence" and are typically still loved by their rapists after the act, a trope that may have originated with "Kaze to Ki no Uta".Rape scenes in "yaoi" are rarely presented as crimes with an assaulter and a victim