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History of Feminism

KitSileya

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20. I disagree.

Reply to TorchTheWitch (Reply #17)

Sun May 11, 2014, 10:24 AM

May 2014

It was a rape scene. Cersei said no when Jaime started to initiate sex. He ignored that 'no', and continued anyway. So far as I know, there is no shred of evidence in all of the series that this couple has negotiated a safeword whereby Cersei has given her consent to Jaime to ignore a no, so he did not listen when she refused consent. He did not stop to ascertain whether she meant her no or not, he ignored it. That is rape.

It doesn't matter what Cersei had to do during the rape in order to survive it - many a rape victim has had to play along with her rapist in order to mitigate the effects of the rape, and none of it matters. Jaime raped Cersei, and thus it was a rape scene.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] lostincalifornia May 2014 OP

I sat through two eps during a "free weekend" a few weeks back Doctor_J May 2014 #1

understood, but I have no doubt there are people out there, maybe more than we like to admit, that lostincalifornia May 2014 #2

The scene in the book was a rape scene to me. Whether she liked it or not does not factor in to me. bravenak May 2014 #3

I think because this was not part of the book, and why was it part of the screenplay. In other lostincalifornia May 2014 #5

There are so many deviations now that its not even the same story. bravenak May 2014 #8

Again with this idiotic bullshit excuse. redqueen May 2014 #4

That is true, but in this particular instance, it was not part of the book, and why was it included lostincalifornia May 2014 #6

Any adult with even a passing interest in feminism who spends more than 2 seconds speculating on why redqueen May 2014 #7

agreed lostincalifornia May 2014 #12

That is the issue lost. The showrunners are putting an emphasis on rape that Martin did not. seaglass May 2014 #11

This show seems to have a sub-text of sexually-related violence. yallerdawg May 2014 #9

For some parts it has a purpose. Daenerys is the best example of not only overcoming the abuse, but lostincalifornia May 2014 #13

The one thing they do not mention when they claim they have to show the rapes KitSileya May 2014 #10

I'm telling you ismnotwasm May 2014 #14

Funny how the producers can add sexual violence to Mr Martin's books intaglio May 2014 #15

Very good point. n/t seaglass May 2014 #16

it wasn't a rape scene TorchTheWitch May 2014 #17

Nice post! ismnotwasm May 2014 #18

I admit there was some stuff that I breezed past in the books TorchTheWitch May 2014 #19

I disagree. KitSileya May 2014 #20

I agree that it LOOKED like a rape scene TorchTheWitch May 2014 #21

I still disagree with you. KitSileya May 2014 #22

That was a very good read IronLionZion May 2014 #23