Board Thread:Character Discussion/@comment-11058666-20150901033946/@comment-1916997-20150913162318

Farerb wrote: CoolDudeAl wrote: DavidTennantismyAngel wrote: You're right, this argument is pretty baseless. I'm really starting to doubt that people would hate the female villains if they were male. Well, actually, my argument that people would at least hate Regina still stands. Seeing it being alluded to that a powerful, angry, violent man raped an innocent woman who loved animals would be unforgivable for most.

I'll admit that I used to have this mindset that I am scorning. I thought men couldn't be abused by women, and I thought that no matter what, women were innocent and forgivable in everything they did. But over time, I realized that was completely wrong and that I should see men and women as equals. This is why I don't think I'll ever be able to like Regina again without feeling guilty. Rape, to me, is the worst thing possible. It is worse than even murder, in my eyes. I just feel like I cannot like a fictional rapist. I used to feel like I could, simply because she was a woman and Graham was a man. I'm sure a lot of people feel similarly. I hate the Regina is a rapist stance. She magically controlled someone so he wanted to have sex with her. I, for one, don't consider that rape. Dark twisted magic, sure, but rape, not so much. Statements like your make me want the show to be cancelled.

The fact that you have begun your sentence with "She magically controlled someone..." Suggest that it's already wrong and if she controlled him to have sex or even to want to have sex then it's rape. I didn't say it wasn't wrong, she was using dark magic, of course it's wrong, I just don't think we can assign real world acts to magical acts. That was the point of my "she magically controlled someone", it doesn't equate to "rape" because it is not how you would "rape" someone.