And then there's Dollhouse, which I don't watch but understand from descriptions to be basically all rape all the time, since the women live in a situation where consent is impossible. *shudders*
I give Dollhouse a bit of leeway, honestly. Mostly because they seemed to go to great lengths to point out that originally, the main character had consented to the whole idea -- the whole lack of personal responsibility and I sort of liked the concept of giving away your ability to choose, effectly agreeing that you don't want the responsibility of choice, is in itself a choice -- and the entire thing was never presented as "oh, this is a great idea" so much as "ooh, this is kind of cool... oh, that's creepy..." kind of reveal.
Mind you, then there was the reveal that one of the dolls was there against her will (a weird one, I have to say, and I'm not entirely sure why that detail needed to be there). Ditto with the rape within the complex... it's just... hm. A show that got a bit muddled as it went on.
Mind you, it's one of those shows that really depends on your personal sensitivities. I liked that play with consent, of where and when it can truly be said to lie. Is it with the original act of agreeing to the treatment? Does consent apply when the dolls currently-active-personality agrees or only where the original personality would have agreed? It hit the right level of creepy and interesting and not-obviously-right-and-wrong, but it's a huge YMMV.
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I give Dollhouse a bit of leeway, honestly. Mostly because they seemed to go to great lengths to point out that originally, the main character had consented to the whole idea -- the whole lack of personal responsibility and I sort of liked the concept of giving away your ability to choose, effectly agreeing that you don't want the responsibility of choice, is in itself a choice -- and the entire thing was never presented as "oh, this is a great idea" so much as "ooh, this is kind of cool... oh, that's creepy..." kind of reveal.
Mind you, then there was the reveal that one of the dolls was there against her will (a weird one, I have to say, and I'm not entirely sure why that detail needed to be there). Ditto with the rape within the complex... it's just... hm. A show that got a bit muddled as it went on.
Mind you, it's one of those shows that really depends on your personal sensitivities. I liked that play with consent, of where and when it can truly be said to lie. Is it with the original act of agreeing to the treatment? Does consent apply when the dolls currently-active-personality agrees or only where the original personality would have agreed? It hit the right level of creepy and interesting and not-obviously-right-and-wrong, but it's a huge YMMV.