Topic: Clint Eastwood's High Plains Drifter and the glorification of rape.
+Anonymous A — 13.5 years ago #19,875
I watched High Plains Drifter the other night and I was shocked to see the attitude towards rape in a film made in 1973. It's about a stranger who comes into a Western town and fights the bad guys and corrupt men who run the town.
In the beginning of the film, The Stranger, the hero played by Eastwood, argues with a sassy blonde woman, then drags her into a barn and rapes her. Such a 'pro-rape' attitude, where the hero flagrantly rapes a woman, could never be shown in a film made today. In fact, the townspeople mock the victim after her rape. Again, these are the good guys and the rapist is the hero.
On the one hand I like to see a hero who is not all or good bad, but human. I'm just surprised our ethical attitude has changed so much as a result of feminism.
Here's a good review of the film:
http://www.collativelearning.com/high%20plains%20drifter.html
I haven't been shocked by a film in years. The reviewer seems to think the woman deserved to be raped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfnFF8VVbrw
In the beginning of the film, The Stranger, the hero played by Eastwood, argues with a sassy blonde woman, then drags her into a barn and rapes her. Such a 'pro-rape' attitude, where the hero flagrantly rapes a woman, could never be shown in a film made today. In fact, the townspeople mock the victim after her rape. Again, these are the good guys and the rapist is the hero.
On the one hand I like to see a hero who is not all or good bad, but human. I'm just surprised our ethical attitude has changed so much as a result of feminism.
Here's a good review of the film:
http://www.collativelearning.com/high%20plains%20drifter.html
I haven't been shocked by a film in years. The reviewer seems to think the woman deserved to be raped.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfnFF8VVbrw
+Anonymous B — 13.5 years ago, 1 hour later[T] [B] #242,937
People still mock rape victims in real life.
+Anonymous C — 13.5 years ago, 26 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[T] [B] #242,945
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