Yes, if he had done it—it would have been rape. But he didn't. There was no rape. No rape occurred. And all of that on top of the fact that "roger" still doesn't mean rape in this context. It's an impolite word for sex like fucking or humping rather than love-making.

He never says he wanted to rape her. He said he was turned on but had the good sense to sleep on the floor. He waits for her to invite him back to her bed. Do you get some sort of pay check for every outraged comment you write?

"Rogering" is a euphemism for sex not for rape. He does say that it turned him on but what of it? Is that really so weird? Mountains out of molehills.

He knows that she didn't grow up rough. She's not accustomed to the men's violence. He thinks she's more finely bred.

It is not written as BDSM thing in the book. They don't have sex afterwards. You have no idea what you're talking about.

There is no sex in the books after the beating. He sleeps on the floor. There's nothing "foreplay" about it.

There is no sex following the beating in the book either. He tries and she makes him sleep on the floor.

House of Cards is General Hospital set in DC.

I imagine it had far more to do with his class than his nationality. You don't marry the chauffeur.

This was said with an eyebrow raised—as in, what will Mr. Bates think when he finds the contraception contraption hidden in his house?

This does lead to the curious question of how Anna hasn't gotten pregnant without any access to birth control for the last several years.

I share her politics and still think she has atrocious manners.

Also amusing because the woman she was talking to, Lady Shackleton, was played by Harriet Walters who played Fanny Dashwood in Sense and Sensibility.

I feel like I'm watching a show about a completely different person than you are.

So who's deleting all the posts that are making fun of you for this?

This is possibly the most hilarious display of insecurity and self-promotion I have ever seen. Hey, man, not everyone is going to love your book. Deal with it.

Now that GG will be streaming on Netflix can we have our reviews back?

It seemed pretty obvious to me. Danson's character judges whether there's anything worth salvaging in the relationship and if there isn't he sends them off to meet another couple who has studied them and looks like them in the hopes of having them meet a person they could move on with but wouldn't otherwise consider…

I don't think she fits the bill at all. Geillis is supposed to be beautiful and have huge tits. She's supposed to be the kind of knock out that makes a man in a high position lose his damn mind and marry a penniless woman with no connections. The actress is Bowie-esq. She doesn't look like she came for a different…

Speaking of Colum being the brains of the lot, it really bothered me that in the last episode they had him talking about God and religion when in the books he's actually an atheist.