"Want to see how not to treat your significant other?" bish no. Boys over flowers showed us anything…
Joonpyo, at the beginning of the show, puts a hit out on Jandi, where she is almost gang-raped by some other students. Because of the Red Card he puts in her locker, the entire school brutally bullies her. He belittles and threatens her through the entire show. He literally kidnaps her at one point.
I just finished Coffee Prince, and I had never been as taken-aback, scared, and disgusted as I was at that terrible kiss in the kitchen. Watching Eun Chan squirm and whimper as Han Gyeol forced her against the fridge made me incredibly uncomfortable. It was hard to watch. When he leaves the room and she slides down to the floor, seeing her tears and how scared and pained she was at being taken advantage of like that was difficult to see portrayed in a show that had been fluffy and cute most of the way up to that point. The fact that his behavior was brushed off as, "he was upset," or, "she deserved it," or, "what she did to him was worse," blows my mind. It really shows how women are set up to be a man's punching bag and are there just for him to take advantage of when he does something wrong.
I've seen this sort of behavior all over the place. The Heirs was another example. Forget that Park Shin Hye is a notoriously bad kisser- that has nothing to do with any of this. The kiss in the closet was very hard for me to watch. Just the look on her face shows that she doesn't like or want what's happening to her. The same thing goes for the one on the roof, where Tan roughly grabs Eun Sang and forces himself on her. That show was a train-wreck, but the constant abuse and violence was really what sent it over the edge. Tan and Young Do do nothing but threaten each other using Eun Sang as collateral, hurt one another in the name of their "love", and abuse her like she's nothing. Dramas that do this really disgust me, and I'm amazed that it's considered okay.
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I've seen this sort of behavior all over the place. The Heirs was another example. Forget that Park Shin Hye is a notoriously bad kisser- that has nothing to do with any of this. The kiss in the closet was very hard for me to watch. Just the look on her face shows that she doesn't like or want what's happening to her. The same thing goes for the one on the roof, where Tan roughly grabs Eun Sang and forces himself on her. That show was a train-wreck, but the constant abuse and violence was really what sent it over the edge. Tan and Young Do do nothing but threaten each other using Eun Sang as collateral, hurt one another in the name of their "love", and abuse her like she's nothing. Dramas that do this really disgust me, and I'm amazed that it's considered okay.