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History of Feminism

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Thu Feb 27, 2014, 11:51 PM Feb 2014

So I'm pretty sure the sex scene in Bladerunner might constitute sexual assault... [View all]

I'm not sure if any of you have seen the film. But the main male character attempts to initiate sex with the main female character. She resists, attempts to flee, and he blocks the exit. He then physically forces her against the wall and instructs her to tell him to "kiss me." She eventually submits and tells him what he wants.

This is a "romantic" scene in the film and I suppose any discomfort with the situation can be dismissed with the fact that the female character is a robot. So, as the logic must follow, it's not really sexual assault because she's not really a human being.

At the end of the film, she tells him she loves him despite not really showing any sort of emotional attachment. So we round out this entire debacle with some Stockholm Syndrome.

All of her actions say no. But she clearly wanted it.

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