John Kim, on Vincent Baker’s blog:
And you know, when I look at people’s reactions to Dogs in the Vineyard or even Kill Puppies For Satan, I don’t see many people offended—judging by the threads on RPGnet or such. Vincent may get a clueless email or two, but most people just don’t care. The recent games people have gotten up in arms about are games like Blue Rose and Wraeththu. Guess why?
Context: Dogs in the Vineyard presents a sort of backward highly patriarchal society, but this was okay because we players are supposed to be in a position to judge it. (And also, the rough historical analogue did have this kind of patriachy.)
On the other hand, Blue Rose presents the trope of romantic fantasy, depicting a lot more gender / sexual equality than most fantasy. And yes, on several major fora, Blue Rose is held up as some oppressive tract, crushing down on the rights of the heterosexual.
Interesting, that.