Unless you want to perhaps state that reality and morality are complex and complicated, rather than universal and simple, and that both in terms of feelings and in terms of how and if its possible to punish offenders, there are different levels of rape and it affects victims differently, even if generally it is still horrible and wrong and in over 90% of cases, incredibly destructive, and in this day and age particularly of internet, it is also an incredibly SENSITIVE ISSUE, more so than murder, other acts of violence and poverty and wars themselves.
P.S. According to the director Paul Verhoeven, he actually wanted to make this movie almost like an anti-thesis to an American movie dealing with such subjects, mostly how, unlike the I Spit on Your Grave movies, the character doesn't get revenge nor is rape the center piece of the story, even if he STILL states that it is portrayed as wrong and terrible and even, spoiler alert, the perpetrator DOES get some comeuppance at the end albeit in a different to usual manner.
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Bolchevik (377)
6 years ago
Lots of studies around show that being raped is a very popular fantasy for women. So it's not black and white, probably our deep genes against our brain/society standards.
The main character didn't like to be assaulted without her consent but she nonetheless clearly enjoyed it partially (her moaning and eyes/mouth gestual confirms this). She also refused society standards by not being a victim, though she could not accept someone to impose his will on her.
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