No, I'm not. Calling it rape takes away Claire's agency in this. She knew what she was doing. It wasn't pleasant but she consented. There's plenty of debatably unnecessary rape in this series to deconstruct. This wasn't one of them.
No, I'm not. Calling it rape takes away Claire's agency in this. She knew what she was doing. It wasn't pleasant but she consented. There's plenty of debatably unnecessary rape in this series to deconstruct. This wasn't one of them.
One point though, Claire was not raped by the King. She didn't necessarily want to do it, didn't enjoy it, and it was basically a business transaction. But she consented and did it willingly. It was not rape.