Bridgerton Daphne Consent

The relationship dynamics in bridgerton are complex but consent is not a grey area and rape including male sexual assault and marital rape as in the series is a massively important issue.

Bridgerton daphne consent. Daphne bridgerton raped her husband and why it s important to not romanticize it. Daphne raped simon so she could have children despite the latter having experienced severe trauma just remembered why i did not particularly love the first book of the bridgerton series and re read the rest of the books all the time the book should have come with a trigger warning and now that its going to be on a show all the more tw. In the end the duke praises daphne for.

For bridgerton to ineffectively convey that daphne raped simon and then treat it like it was a minor side note to the much bigger issue of him lying to her makes it more difficult for audiences. Blindness to one social factor leads to the ignorance of others. Netflix s bridgerton has sparked an online conversation about consent after some viewers complained about an intimate scene in the hit new period drama.

Daphne doesn t really know how sex works and the duke unwilling to father children tells. If bridgerton acknowledged the dynamics of interracial marriages then perhaps the mishandling of consent between daphne and simon could have been avoided. A recap of swish episode 6.

The duke and new duchess of hastings are enthusiastically banging all over clyvedon castle but simon and daphne s marriage bed won t remain happy for long. This is the problem at the heart of colourblind stories. But when it comes to rape and consent and the fight for justice women must also stand up for male victims.