I don't understand why people label it "gay sex" Sodomy is practised by heterosexuals as well (a MAJOR reason why HIV/AIDS has had such a huge effect on sub-Saharan Africa).

Thank you for your well-reasoned response.

Only in today's "Politically Correct" metro-sexual world are men expected to be "grossed out" by that.

Per Chris Albrecht (CEO Starz) the intended audience is the 28+ million people who bought copies of the book (and getting 28M viewers for a series would be a major coup for Starz & SPTV - GoT only gets 17M worldwide). Any additional non-book-reading viewers is just serendipity.

Not that would want them to give up (or be spoilerish) , but you are incorrect - there is a VERY important sexual assault that will take place soon in France, w/consequences that will affect the ENTIRE rest of the book series. (Face it, Dr. G writes VERY complex, tightly interconnected stories - EVERYTHING happens for…

It's just that when (for a work of fiction) you're (necessarily) suspending disbelief, it's just hard to suspend belief in the "law" of unintended consequences.

What can I say, bisr, you're just not Claire :-D

Not that I'm defending spam-bots (I flag them WHENEVER I see them), but what exactly qualifies as an "American" car any more? Chrysler was purchased by Fiat, GM builds cars in Canada from parts made in Mexico, and Toyotas are assembled in Tennessee and Virginia!

Actually the late 19th C (see my prev comment)

No, actually not - whilst the root meaning of the word "fokken" (to copulate) has medieval Middle Dutch origins, the way Geillis used it (a vulgar adjective) didn't come into use until the 1890's (WELL after "Outlander's" time frame). [per Random House Dictionary 2015]