Aran Cherubim
Resident Citizen
As I recall, he was forced at knife point to have sex with her. The point isn't whether he consented or not, the point is that to Tylin, his consent was irrelevant, he never had a chance to. So yeah, definite "it was rape" from my reading of it. (and the idea that rape of a man has to include that man being penetrated I honestly find a bit ridiculous. I definitely see "being made to penetrate" as rape as well.)
Also, I alwys saw it as being played for comedy. Male rape and sexual assault often is (particularly when it's by women).
That being said, I study anthropology, and we are dealing with a different society here. Their perception of sexual assault and rape and whatnot may be very different to ours. For one thing, Randland is a lot more socially stratified than modern western liberal democracies. Nobles are held to different law standards than commoners, and Tylin is a Queen. From an emic (culturally internal) point of view, this might just have been her prerogative.
And yet, the book is written by and read by people from our world, so we cannot see it has hovering completely in isolation from RL-mores.
Also, I alwys saw it as being played for comedy. Male rape and sexual assault often is (particularly when it's by women).
That being said, I study anthropology, and we are dealing with a different society here. Their perception of sexual assault and rape and whatnot may be very different to ours. For one thing, Randland is a lot more socially stratified than modern western liberal democracies. Nobles are held to different law standards than commoners, and Tylin is a Queen. From an emic (culturally internal) point of view, this might just have been her prerogative.
And yet, the book is written by and read by people from our world, so we cannot see it has hovering completely in isolation from RL-mores.
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