This might be another knee-jerk reaction.
it's not, really. i just don't think that there should be a taboo in the kind of subjects we can handle in comics or any story just because a bunch of people do it wrong.
Gender equality does not call for censoring, but rather better writing. It's been overused, so if you're a writer worth its salt, you should come up with a better way to tell the story.
assuming most stories that have rape in it are lazy might be fair given that it's poorly used most of the time, but assuming all stories that do are are regardless of their execution is a little presumptuous.
Depicting rape is never a pleasant thing, actually, I've found many women that would not watch it happen at all.
well of course it's unpleasant. that's part of the point. there are some people who just can't stomach certain things, but it doesn't mean they don't have a right to exist or that writers should remove a part of the human experience from their toolbox. that IS censorship.
The "thing" with feminist movement is that it is 2015 and gender inequality exists in all spheres of society. Until proven otherwise, they're not over-excrutinizing, they are still pointing out that we have not reached gender equality or even come close to it.
i would argue some people do over-scrutinize. like the controversy with the frank cho cover which was stupidly overblown for what amounted to a simple pin-up. gender inequality obviously exists and signs of it are everywhere, but some people are so eager to push their agenda that they cry misogyny even when it doesn't make sense.
Also, consider that rape is usually very gender-specific, as in it's only happening to the female characters and often at that. For a male character, there will be a gazillion horrible things that would happen first before the bad guy decides to unzip his pants and give the superhero a forced entry. When you put them in the balance, female characters are very often targeted this way.
i'm not denying that there's a gender imbalance, which is a symptom of a larger problem, yes. that doesn't really have anything to do with my point, though.