if sex isn't something to RESIST, then there's comparatively less incentive to consider taking it as an avenue of attack? I think having Jack as the main authority figure is actually quite important in this respect. Jack is overtly sexual, but not when it comes to threatening people. Sex is, although often screwed up (see Gwen/Owen), generally portrayed as a *good* thing.
This is where I was attempting to go in an unfinished comment, thank you.
A lot (not all) of rape narratives come from a "sex is bad" place, so if you're dealing with a group of characters for whom that's not a trope, you remove that angle. It's very refreshing, honestly.
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Date: 2010-03-26 01:51 pm (UTC)I think having Jack as the main authority figure is actually quite important in this respect. Jack is overtly sexual, but not when it comes to threatening people. Sex is, although often screwed up (see Gwen/Owen), generally portrayed as a *good* thing.
This is where I was attempting to go in an unfinished comment, thank you.
A lot (not all) of rape narratives come from a "sex is bad" place, so if you're dealing with a group of characters for whom that's not a trope, you remove that angle. It's very refreshing, honestly.