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[–]Finnegan7921 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Something like that happened on Outlander iirc. The scheming girl forces the main male character to have sex with her or else (I forget what she was going to do to him), there was some minor outrage over it. They also had a gay rape scene which generated some talk as well. I think the reason why the GoT scenes were sort of accepted is that it is a fantasy show full of all sorts of brutality and that was just sort of expected. Bridgerton was marketed as some sort of woke Masterpiece Theater show so all the easily offended naturally flocked to it b/c "omgz, diverse casting, squeal !!!!". No surprise that they found something to piss them off. Their outrage radars are always on, always looking for the next target to cancel.

[–]LeaveAmsgAfterBeep 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

People claim outlander is very feminist informed but what I watched of it seemed like in the early seasons the rape or attempted rape of the female main character were sexualized (literally shots of her ass as her stalker is attempting to rape her on a desk???). When her husband is raped by her stalker, it is portrayed as not sexualized and far more horrific from the camera angles used, more like torture. This is from a film making perspective and not how characters react to it, and once again- can’t speak to how the book is.

None of these made for adults shows that capitalize on veering so close to soft porn really do a very good job of handling serious issues against women of course.