I asked a question in r/gameofthrones about why it only showed graphic violence against male characters - it didn't go well.

pvtshoebox · 2013-05-13T13:27:54+00:00

I think that we did see the raping of native women after the Dothraki attacked some random village at the end of the first season. We also saw some violence against Brienne of Tarth in the most recent episode.

The larger point is that men are victim to the most graphic violence in Westeros whereas the women are entirely "kept." The show demonstrates the disposable male and the objectified woman concepts quite well.

Trolly-McTroll · 2013-05-13T13:02:10+00:00

violence against men is tolerable because, I believe, men are perceived as tougher, stronger and more able to defend themselves.

Disgusting. So then coddling and not letting women risk doing things themselves because they are more fragile, weaker and less able to defend themselves is tolerable?

DavidByron · 2013-05-13T17:27:39+00:00

Warren Farrel talked about this in movies decades ago and had a law that no movie would ever kill off a female character that appeared in 3 scenes (unless the movie was a horror movie or the entire movie was a revenge of her death).

Violence against women is simply taken far far more seriously than violence against men, although I would have thought that in places where the whole point of the scene is to demonstrate cruelty -- like with Joffrey -- showing torture of women on screen would work well.

Given that I'd have to wonder if there's an informal ban on violence against women on screen along the lines of bans on certain words that TV used to have.

And yes obviously it is exist and encourages sexism.

SirSkeptic · 2013-05-13T19:07:29+00:00

Plenty of violence against women in book 4 & 5

A red smile, from ear to ear....

Artamovement · 2013-05-14T03:33:48+00:00

This is a bit of a stretch. I really don't see how you can apply a critique appropriate for 21st century society to a fantasy world which follows a Medeval code of chivalry. There is no premise whatsoever of egalitarianism in Westoros. Men do the fighting, take the spoils, and run the risk of gruesome death, while the women dutifully obey and marry whomever their fathers deem convenient. The society is set up so that the women trade agency for security. Therefore, less gruesome violence is done to them. Even at that, an earlier poster showed plenty of examples of violence against women in the series.

AnnArchist · 2013-05-13T22:29:02+00:00

Except it shows plenty of violence against women.....

babno · 2013-05-13T13:46:11+00:00

Well to be fair that is an idiotic question.

It's a mid-evil society in which it's only proper for men to fight.
Brienne Tarth, the biggest female who is in the military, experiences plenty of violence. Being stuck with a bear this weeks episode, a rape attempt a few back, etc.
There are plenty of non-military instances, where there is violence against women (these are probably more common than non-military male violence) which renders your initial assertion 100% false. Or is sticking someone full of crossbow bolts and showing their naked bloody corpse not your definition of graphic violence?

Title	I asked a question in r/gameofthrones about why it only showed graphic violence against male characters - it didn't go well.
Author	SirSkeptic
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Date	May 13, 2013 12:39 PM UTC (13 years ago)
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