What are some cliches and tropes in mainstream rape films and novels that you've noticed?
Mainstream films:
- Motionless and vacant stare post rape or near the end of a rape.
- after anal rape they show woman in shower and some blood (Leaving Las Vegas) (Girl with Dragon Tattoo (2011))
- often overly-violent for fear the director/film be accused of being sexploitational.
Porn:
- bad acting
- ?
TV shows and made for TV films:
- The victim is a wholly admirable person or in an upper economic realm of society.
- cheap plot device to show the bad guy really is the bad guy and not just a regular asshole - also the rape-revenge plot device.
- pregnancy for further plot devices.
- an attempt to make the show deep and meaningful and to show aftermath acting skills (crying etc).
Novels/Literature:
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