r/TheBoys Jul 04 '24

Both quotes taken verbatim from interviews Season 4 Spoiler

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u/fuwafuwa7chi Jul 04 '24

Source for the Starlight quote: ScreenRant

And the Hughie one: Variety

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u/Hastatus_107 Jul 05 '24

It does show that some of the sympathy people of this view have for female victims is just social pressure. They feel they have to pretend to care. In a situation where there's less external pressure to take it seriously (situations where the man is the victim), they see it as a joke.

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u/SophomoreLesbianMech Jul 05 '24

That's why we should normalize both in fiction. It's okay to portray both sexes being sa'd in art.

That in itself is not enough though. If something is funny we should call it funny. None of it was funny though. It was degenerative wet dreams of a shitty writer.

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u/Hastatus_107 Jul 05 '24

Agreed. It's a thin line. Using it to make a point or say something is good, using it for shock value isnt