ilthit: (heroine)
[personal profile] ilthit posting in [community profile] anti_recs
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.

Profile

anti_recs: road-sign: non-specific hazard warning (Default)
anti-recs community: reviews of things to avoid

January 2021

S M T W T F S
     12
3456789
1011 1213141516
17181920212223
24252627282930
31      

Most Popular Tags

Page Summary

Style Credit

Expand Cut Tags

No cut tags