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JennaMae wrote:

The writers who responded to the criticism on Twitter wouldn't even acknowledge the word and  told people it had to happen  because "Gothel is evil, she does evil things." Well, then that's saying that they just decided to use rape as a plot point again with no real addressing of the issue.

The writers' lack of tact, disgusts me to no end. There are plenty of things Gothel could have done, to portray just how evil she was. They did not have to repeat a storyline, which received an incredible amount of backlash. That, in and of itself, reeks of exploitation of sexual abuse and its victims. I do not throw around the word rape lightly, but what happened to Robin Hood and Wish Hook was rape. Brushing what happened aside, or considering it a one-night stand, is victim-blaming. This is exactly how the likes Harey Weinstein, and Kevin Spacey were able to get way with thei abusive behavior for so long. The industry turned their backs on the victims, and justified the abuse as normal business.