If the genders were reversed in these books, I think that everyone would see how ugly the situation actually is more easily but our culture doesn't have such an easy time recognizing sexual abuse when it's woman on top.

Very late for the topic, but this just struck me as being very true. I once read a fanfic in another fandom where the writer switched all of the character's genders, but kept everything else essentially the same. It was interesting to read it and see how my own perception of some events from the plot changed when the only thing different about it was the gender of each character. I'm now very curious about how people would view the AB series if the gender roles were reversed in it.