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Anti-rec: Last Bus to Woodstock by Colin Dexter (Inspect Morse series)
Goodness gracious, the rape-apologism. It was written in the 70s, which sort of explains it but doesn't excuse it, and from today's perspective it's deeply disturbing.
Examples: Jennifer Coleby says the murdered girl may have "enjoyed being raped". Men at the bar joke about how rape is probably not even possible since a girl with her skirt up runs faster than a man with his trousers down, and about how a girl who got raped mid-exams performed better after than before, suggesting rape was a stress-relief (seriously). A woman listening in on all of this hooks up with one of the men and later in bed sexily whispers to him, "rape me again". I ONLY WISH I WAS KIDDING. That's not even all of it.
Morse is also just sleazy, and I get the idea that the author thinks women find his sleaziness charming.
Examples: Jennifer Coleby says the murdered girl may have "enjoyed being raped". Men at the bar joke about how rape is probably not even possible since a girl with her skirt up runs faster than a man with his trousers down, and about how a girl who got raped mid-exams performed better after than before, suggesting rape was a stress-relief (seriously). A woman listening in on all of this hooks up with one of the men and later in bed sexily whispers to him, "rape me again". I ONLY WISH I WAS KIDDING. That's not even all of it.
Morse is also just sleazy, and I get the idea that the author thinks women find his sleaziness charming.
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