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seabeyond

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5. if you sexualize, glamorize, use to entertain, then yes. and that is what they do today and why i
Sun Dec 22, 2013, 01:34 PM
Dec 2013

oppose. if it is in the ugly that it is with nothing pretty to entertain and get men off, then i think it can be used as a lesson learned. without exploitation. and part of the character and story development. i have read in print, both. and i see it on tv. it is clearly seen and cannot be subtly hidden. it is glaringly obvious.

and yes. almost 3 minutes of explicit shots of rape in angles that glorified and sexualized her rape for entertainment in tattoo girl.

another would be generals daughter. have you seen that? and excellent movie. since you are talking writing a book, get that movie and use as research with awareness. truly, an excellent movie. but... at the point she is tied down, naked, talking to her father from her heart, about her experience at gang rape, and her fathers dismissal of her experience. a great speach she is giving him in awareness. then i started being pulled from what she was saying

her body oiled, lightening perfectly placed. shots of movement and arch in sexuality. arching of the body in a sexual movement

and i had a fuck that shit. in this horrendous and profound moment in her life, she is being shot in a sexual manner to entertain the men in the audience. that was very telling for me.

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in the 70's and 80's i could agree. and a new crop of them now. but for a couple decades, seabeyond Dec 2013 #1
If women choose to eroticize their own oppression, that makes it OK! redqueen Dec 2013 #2
I'm really glad you started this tread. CrispyQ Dec 2013 #3
I was about to start one more thread and head out the door, redqueen Dec 2013 #4
if you sexualize, glamorize, use to entertain, then yes. and that is what they do today and why i seabeyond Dec 2013 #5
"Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" - yes, that was it. CrispyQ Dec 2013 #15
They didn't sexualize it at all. I think it was one of the few movies that Squinch Dec 2013 #19
I think it is possible to have rape in a story without it being xulamaude Dec 2013 #6
This is what I thought too, but I wanted to check with my fellow fems. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2013 #16
I know of several romance authors who have treated this subject historylovr Dec 2013 #8
Thank you for your post & confirming my thoughts about it. -nt CrispyQ Dec 2013 #17
I absolutely think it is. This is the experience of a third of women, and rape culture Squinch Dec 2013 #12
Great post! CrispyQ Dec 2013 #18
Once that corner of the veil comes up, suddenly everything relates to it. Squinch Dec 2013 #20
Is this a trend or is it confined to one very badly written book recently popular Warpy Dec 2013 #7
i hear that a lot, that it is simply male porn. i disagree. it is a g, pg or r rated movie. seabeyond Dec 2013 #9
I hear that a lot too, and it's just wrong. It's not porn for women. historylovr Dec 2013 #11
i had one, and excellent story. like superb in writing and developing. and you know what... seabeyond Dec 2013 #13
Fifty Shades, I think, is the exception, not the rule. historylovr Dec 2013 #10
You mean "bodice rippers"? ismnotwasm Dec 2013 #14
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