NGL. Graphic rape scenes scare the everloving crap out of me and one which is either shown in great detail in a written story or on screen at all would really turn me off big time.
Also while I don't think rape should always be kept out as a topic in media all too often... it's so badly done. Very badly done. Even if its not shown graphically and maybe just mentioned or they do the 'fade to black' deal. At its very worst, its victim blaming. Or involves the bloody male main character protecting a female one from the bad men simply to push the male characters story along. Joss Whedon is pretty piss poor at covering the topic from what I gather for instance- and sex in general when it comes to women even without the idea of sexual assault.
Sometimes its just covered for shock value, to raise a male characters status/gain character development or what have you. All too often it feels majorly exploitative. It's horrible. And I hate it.
It probably can be discussed or used in media in better ways, in ways which while dark aren't exploitative but I've really yet to see it in all honesty for myself. And its probably triggering as all hell for a good many people who have gone through it. I mean warnings are sometime pretty damn bad: they may mention sexual situations and violence.... but not that rape is somewhere in there.
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Also while I don't think rape should always be kept out as a topic in media all too often... it's so badly done. Very badly done. Even if its not shown graphically and maybe just mentioned or they do the 'fade to black' deal. At its very worst, its victim blaming. Or involves the bloody male main character protecting a female one from the bad men simply to push the male characters story along. Joss Whedon is pretty piss poor at covering the topic from what I gather for instance- and sex in general when it comes to women even without the idea of sexual assault.
Sometimes its just covered for shock value, to raise a male characters status/gain character development or what have you. All too often it feels majorly exploitative. It's horrible. And I hate it.
It probably can be discussed or used in media in better ways, in ways which while dark aren't exploitative but I've really yet to see it in all honesty for myself. And its probably triggering as all hell for a good many people who have gone through it. I mean warnings are sometime pretty damn bad: they may mention sexual situations and violence.... but not that rape is somewhere in there.