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History of Feminism

redqueen

(115,185 posts)

9. All the claims of historical accuracy as an excuse for rape are bullshit.

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #6)

Tue Apr 22, 2014, 06:37 PM

Apr 2014

Not only because - as you said, men get raped too, and lots of kids, lots - but also, uhhh hello... DRAGONS?

Yeah, you can make up pet dragons, but you gotta keep rape OF WOMEN in there because reality. Yeaaaahhhh, right.

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TV’s rape problem is bigger than “Game of Thrones” [View all] ismnotwasm Apr 2014 OP

GoT: Unpleasant people doing unpleasant things to each other exboyfil Apr 2014 #1

Ugh ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #2

rape as entertainment. i am always ahead of the eight ball. when we start raping the men, and raping seabeyond Apr 2014 #3

What a game changer that would be if the historically accurate were depicted on TV ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #4

exactly. i am so tired of hearing men being entertained by these movies where women being raped is seabeyond Apr 2014 #6

All the claims of historical accuracy as an excuse for rape are bullshit. redqueen Apr 2014 #9

The trope that I *hate* is when someone "falls in love" with their rapist. dawg Apr 2014 #5

true that. and as much as people like to give this to "romance novels" ... that genre left seabeyond Apr 2014 #7

After having heard so many good things about the books and the series... LanternWaste Apr 2014 #8