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Blisstree Editor-in-Chief Christine Egan on the highly controversial subject of “rape fantasies” as portrayed in the media, from her post: When No Means Yes: Top 10 Rape Fantasy Scenes on Film and TV
For better or worse, sexual assault is all over media: When we sat down to think of famous rape scenes on film and TV, we came up with so many, we made a second list. Typically, rape is either depicted as a terrible, violent crime, or glorified as part of a sexual fantasy. The former scene type made its most recent appearance on ABC’s Private Practice last Thursday, when Charlotte King (sexology specialist, Chief of Staff at St. Ambrose Hospital, and fiancee to Cooper) was violently raped in her office by a mentally disturbed man.
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People, I have no more teeth. Remember my dental surgery last week? Well, they yanked them all out while I was asleep. me-OWW. (Okay, they left two tiny ones for posterity. How humiliating.) Now I have to eat the cat food equivalent of mashed-up old-people food for a while. And the tall lady I live with is always trying to shove a dropper full of what I understand are antibiotics in my mouth. Nasty business. On the upside, I’ve been sleeping around 20 hours a day. (Thank you, pain meds!) Now, I may not have any teeth left, but here’s what I do have: Relationship advice. And this week, it looks like a deeply troubled reader named Kristen could really use some. (Fair warning: Kristen’s multi-part question is long and very serious, so settle in and make sure your laptop has sufficient battery power.)
Hi Victor.
My fiance and I have been together almost two years and we are having so many problems. We fight just about every day, and we are both getting really tired of it, but we love each other too much to break up. We’ve broken up before, but it’s never been more than a month and we’re back together. Okay, here are some of our issues. These are all different questions I have for you. More
You had lots of things to say about our recent post When No Means Yes: Top 10 Rape Fantasy Scenes on Film and TV, and many of you even offered your own suggestions. So now we’re releasing the sequel: 10 more cringe-worthy rape fantasy scenes on film. As we were in our original post, we want to be very clear: Blisstree does not condone rape. And we didn’t write, direct, produce, or distribute any of these films, either. But that doesn’t mean we can’t comment on them and their societal value – if any exists. Of course rape is wrong and illegal (in most civilized countries, at least), but what about rape fantasy role-playing at home between two consenting adults? (Just something to think about.) And lest you think our cinematic gallery contains torture porn or snuff films, it doesn’t. Instead, several notable – if not esteemed – directors are represented here, including: Victor Fleming, Sam Peckinpah, Quentin Tarantino, John Waters, and Mike Figgis. Of course, they’re all men. And they include rape scenes in these particular movies that may just speak to someone’s (director, character, audience member) idea of a violent fantasy. (This time we’ve included a couple of gay rape scenes, just so our male readers don’t feel left out.) In the end, let’s hope the work of these filmmakers has provoked real, meaningful thought, instead of just revealed these powerful Hollywood players to be tired old male clichés. More
We don’t like rape. Rape sucks. Rape is wrong. Rape is bad. Rape is against the law (in most countries, anyway). Still, a fair number of film and TV characters really seem to ask for it a lot. (Or maybe it’s that most film and TV directors are men. Wait a minute…) Obviously, these disturbing scenes exist for a reason, but what? To provoke thought, to promote dialogue, to teach, to titillate? Are these alleged rape “fantasies” supposed to be the character’s, the director’s – or ours? How the hell should we know? Blisstree didn’t get a Ph.D. in cinema studies. Instead, we present our controversial gallery of the top 10 rape fantasy scenes on film and TV. (Tell us if we missed any – you sickos.) And check out our follow-up gallery post: You Asked For It: 10 More Cringe-Worthy Rape Fantasy Scenes on Film. More
