Topic: The forced_partners Tag

Posted under Tag/Wiki Projects and Questions

There has apparently been a lot of discussion on tags that can clearly communicate the difference between rape and forms of consensual use of force. One solution that has come up is the forced_partners tag. It's been mentioned here and there in the forums, but as of yet, it hasn't had its own post.

The tag is what it sounds like. For those unfamiliar with it, it's where a third party is forcing other characters to have sex, and at least one of them is unwilling, at least somewhat. The character may simply be uncomfortable or embarrassed but still consent. There are situations where that would overlap with rape, but it's mostly a BDSM sort of thing.

For example, a mistress forcing two straight slaves to have gay sex would fall in the forced_partners category. Even though they don't want it, they have consented to the slave role and whatever may come of that. It also applies to images where the third party in question is not visible, but is clearly responsible.

There are just under 100 images tagged with forced_partners at this point, but it's steadily gained traction since its creation. There are probably a lot of applicable images that come to one's mind when reading this post. I'm writing this to raise awareness that this tag exists for this particular situation, which for many is a fetish. I would encourage users to tag applicable images with the forced_partners tag.

Updated by Furrin Gok

In the case where two are forced into non-consensual sex, could that be tagged as indirect_rape ?

Updated by anonymous

Sorrowless said:
In the case where two are forced into non-consensual sex, could that be tagged as indirect_rape ?

Seems to me that forced_partners covers all the situations and more that indirect_rape would cover...I see no reason for an indirect_rape tag to exist.

O16 said:
Question: is this tag applicable if the characters are under some sort of mind control?

Sounds like a perfectly valid use case to me.

Updated by anonymous

Sorrowless said:
In the case where two are forced into non-consensual sex, could that be tagged as indirect_rape ?

Searching for forced_partners + rape would do just fine. The search results would be narrow enough.

O16 said:
Question: is this tag applicable if the characters are under some sort of mind control?

Yes. That would be one way to make others have sex with each other when they otherwise wouldn't.

Updated by anonymous

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