Thursday, January 02, 2014

[gyahvqyp] Culture of rape in A Song Of Ice and Fire

George R.R. Martin attempts to realistically (inspired by history) depict a society in which adolescence is nonexistent and rape is commonplace.  In such a society, one would expect society would have evolved so that girls undergo preparation from a young age to be able to function psychologically after rape.  Is such training depicted?  Is it realistic?  Can such training be deployed in our world?

If it is depicted, it might only be applicable in a society in which women are second class citizens.  Rape decreases a woman's value both in her own eyes and of society, but the psychological and social harm requires women to have had value in the first place.

Or, Martin could be writing salaciously, appealing to the shock value of rape interpreted in the modern context.

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