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This. A friend once argued that shows like Law and Order: SUV are empowering because they (usually) depict justice for victims of sexual violence. But the focus is almost never on the actual trauma victim and his/her struggles. By ending most episodes with vindication in a courtroom (and corralling images of sexual…

Not a fan of the rape revenge flick. They’re rarely feminist and frequently exploitative. In these kinds of movies, the end to a rape story is that the rapist gets what’s coming to him—rather than the victim living with years of trauma and potential sadness/isolation within a narrative that never really ends. If these…