Cathy Young on Game of Thrones and ‘Rape Culture’

The latest episode of Game of Thrones—the hit HBO
series based on George R.R. Martin’s pseudo-medieval fantasy epic
A Song of Ice and Fire— has touched off a raging
debate that goes beyond the show itself to the very current
real–life issue of defining rape and consent. This controversy has
revealed a fascinating fact, writes Cathy Young: A lot of feminists
who rail against “rape culture” don’t actually practice the
black-and-white, yes-or-no dogma that they preach, not even with
regard to fiction.

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