or Happy Minds paid homage to eternally underestimated powerful women by referencing an insult famously thrown at a female master spy in a scene that had her thoroughly outmaneuver the macho villain calling her that?

Westeros is a society with absolute power of the rulers. As with marital rape, the consent an 'owned' subject in a hierarchical relation is of no relevance. If the brother of the king or the son of a lord orders a stableboy to his room, said stableboy will have no capacity to say no. In modern terms, it's pretty much…

Just to be sure there is no misunderstanding - we are using the term 'fine' here strictly in terms of artistic choices about what scenes end up on screen, right? We guess all agree that no form of rape, violence, abuse or exploitation is ever 'fine'.

I was thinking of a conversation between Margery and Lady Olenna, not of a remark by the High Sparrow, if I remember correctly. And I am pretty sure I flinched twice about it, but I don't remember the second scene and who was talking
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Totally. Fighting skills were definitely not part of the casting. That fight was embarrassing to look at.

Indeed, Theon is the ultimate victim of sexual violence in the show. Quite frankly I find his entire story horrific and disturbing both in the books and on screen.

Or maybe people are upset because we see the torture of the Unsullied depicted in scenes about a lead character getting angry on their behalf, about the aftermath, about psychological scars and attempts at healing the trauma and empowering the victims, while scenes about the degradation of the female lead cast is…

Good point. So the real question about LF's plotting is how he planned on getting rid of Cersei?

Just because women have to be obedient and are considered property of their husbands does not mean that sexual violence would not be condemned.

Thanks for pointing it out. Reading old comments it always bothered me how people complained how Dany's first time was turned into 'gratuitous rape' because that one instance was kind and fully consentual in the book - but then followed by weeks of abuse just as you quoted….

Do you really mean 'consent' - aren't you rather saying: "Sansa lives in a universe where female consent is not required for marital intercourse and where marital rape is not a recognized offense"?

Littlefinger's plan + Sansa's rape = actually one pretty smart plot?!