[ SECRET POST #4293 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4293 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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05. [SPOILERS for Castle Rock]



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07. [WARNING for discussion of rape/assault]

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Comments

[osidiano]

Wow a lot of people took away a really different message from this episode than I did. I think it's important to remember that it came out in 2002, which was less than a decade after the last States repealed their spousal rape exemption laws (Oklahoma and NC, I think, in 1993). They weren't married, but they did have a consensual (if super unhealthy) sexual relationship prior to this event, and for a lot of people, that meant they wouldn't view it as rape. So the show had him do this, and then said "HEY THIS WAS DEFINITELY AN ATTEMPTED RAPE" and treated it like a big deal (which not all shows or courts would do, since it was "only" attempted). Also, they had Spike, who literally didn't have a soul and didn't balk at torture, go "Holy shit that was terrible and I don't want to be that guy," which is even now a depressingly low bar that men struggle to reach. If a soulless monster can figure out that rape is bad and he shouldn't do it, then the male viewers in the audience can also pick up on that super unsubtle bit of messaging.