I can't bear to read things like that.

If I know beforehand there is such an act in a book, I won't read it. If I come across it in a book, I stop reading it and get rid of it. That author/etc. goes on my sh*t list, not to be perused again.

Each time I encounter one of these situations, I wonder WHAT kinds of ideas and attitudes the author has. And I also fear that the reason people do include such acts in books, films, whatever that they are writing/publishing/whatever, is because they've found that it will not hurt the publication's sales. If there were a significant outcry or refusal to purchase against these kinds of "stylistic devices," the publishers might think twice. Maybe? One can hope.