I know this is probably a common topic. For me, I’m not sure if it’s a “trope” or just totally misinformed writing, but it’s how many authors approach alcoholism. Some examples are Girl on the Train and The House Across the Lake, among HUNDREDS. If anyone else here has struggled with alcoholism, you know it’s not just "i woke up after downing an entire bottle of whiskey but was able to shower, down a cup of coffee, and solve a murder. "
Taking kink literally. Woman wants guy to hit her? She has repressed trauma from her father. Guy agrees? He’s secretly a very awful misogynist.
It’s always the woman character who has the ‘problematic’ kink. And it’s in loads of lit fic books, not just a romance genre thing. (Coughs in Normal People. Poor kinky Marianne!)