Diana’s answer to “why are people saying Outlander is a rape book?� > Likes and Comments
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Thank you. I don't get why people are honestly swooning over these characters and "love story". It's clearly a very unhealthy relationship dominated around lust instead of actual love. I couldn't even finish it, there was too much nonsense and disgust
I agree with Ashley; I got about 300 pages in and got tired of the rape and graphic sex scenes, not to mention Claire's supposedly being forced to marry Jaime, but afterwards has sex with him often and not unwillingly at that. The sex scenes seemed gratuitous and unnecessary. I skipped to the end, only to come across the part where Jaime is raped. Wow. Just too much for me. Thanks, but no thanks.
This book is historically accurate, hence all the rape. This was a reality in the 17th century and Dianne did a great job of covering every aspect of what life was like back then.
No actually she did not. She embellished and exaggerated what life was like back then, but I won't go into that. The point of the post was answering the question from the OP which asked, "Why is this book called a rape culture book?" It was not a post asking for everyone's opinion on whether or not the book was accurate or whether or not I was accurate in my post. These ARE the scenes that people view as rape culture and that is why it is referred to as a rape culture book. BTW: it is a trigger for rape survivors like myself who has PTSD, which is why I refused to read past a few scenes after the spanking and skimmed forward to the end, which has the sodomy. Since I was raped in pretty much the same way, it brought back nightmares and PTSD attacks and therefore, I refuse to read the rest of the series. I wish people would have more empathy in their responses because you never know who you are responding to or what their personal battle has been. Just because you see no problem with it or see it as "accurate" regardless if it is or not, doesn't mean it's not a trigger for other people. The OP's original question is a valid one and my response is just as valid as the rest of those in this thread.
I do think these books should come with some warning. My step-daughter and SIL recommended me to them as a great love story time travel. Didn't mention the violence. I wonder if any men enjoy thee books, cuz I can't see many of them making it through the last part of this book.
I would be surprised if men read this book at all. The book is excessive with sex & rape. I think anyone recommending the book should note that. While disturbed especially by the rape of the hero, I don't think that any of the attitudes or actions regarding sex & rape in the novel were uncharacteristic of the time.
And Diana I can understand why the book was disturbing for you and not worth reading further.
I appreciate your honesty, Diane as I have PTSD due to sexual abuse as a child and rapes as a young adult, plus spousal abuse. I also cannot tolerate much violence, either. Anyone that tells someone they need "help" are not worth you getting upset over. I am sorry for what you have gone through.
hero raping the heroine ... aww, so far I actually kinda liked it, but I don't think I'm going to bother putting more time in then.
He didn't rape her, though. It was consensual. This is misleading.
Yeah, I had to stop reading it when Jaime started raping and beating her. The author made it seem like it was some romantic thing and I found it disturbing.
Outlander is not a rape book, however, there are scenes including rape and many references to rape. Once again though, It is not a rape book. There are many other topics at hand.
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Thank you. I don't get why people are honestly swooning over these characters and "love story". It's clearly a very unhealthy relationship dominated around lust instead of actual love. I couldn't even finish it, there was too much nonsense and disgust
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I agree with Ashley; I got about 300 pages in and got tired of the rape and graphic sex scenes, not to mention Claire's supposedly being forced to marry Jaime, but afterwards has sex with him often and not unwillingly at that. The sex scenes seemed gratuitous and unnecessary. I skipped to the end, only to come across the part where Jaime is raped. Wow. Just too much for me. Thanks, but no thanks.
This book is historically accurate, hence all the rape. This was a reality in the 17th century and Dianne did a great job of covering every aspect of what life was like back then.
No actually she did not. She embellished and exaggerated what life was like back then, but I won't go into that. The point of the post was answering the question from the OP which asked, "Why is this book called a rape culture book?" It was not a post asking for everyone's opinion on whether or not the book was accurate or whether or not I was accurate in my post. These ARE the scenes that people view as rape culture and that is why it is referred to as a rape culture book. BTW: it is a trigger for rape survivors like myself who has PTSD, which is why I refused to read past a few scenes after the spanking and skimmed forward to the end, which has the sodomy. Since I was raped in pretty much the same way, it brought back nightmares and PTSD attacks and therefore, I refuse to read the rest of the series. I wish people would have more empathy in their responses because you never know who you are responding to or what their personal battle has been. Just because you see no problem with it or see it as "accurate" regardless if it is or not, doesn't mean it's not a trigger for other people. The OP's original question is a valid one and my response is just as valid as the rest of those in this thread.
I do think these books should come with some warning. My step-daughter and SIL recommended me to them as a great love story time travel. Didn't mention the violence. I wonder if any men enjoy thee books, cuz I can't see many of them making it through the last part of this book.
I would be surprised if men read this book at all. The book is excessive with sex & rape. I think anyone recommending the book should note that. While disturbed especially by the rape of the hero, I don't think that any of the attitudes or actions regarding sex & rape in the novel were uncharacteristic of the time. And Diana I can understand why the book was disturbing for you and not worth reading further.
I appreciate your honesty, Diane as I have PTSD due to sexual abuse as a child and rapes as a young adult, plus spousal abuse. I also cannot tolerate much violence, either. Anyone that tells someone they need "help" are not worth you getting upset over. I am sorry for what you have gone through.
hero raping the heroine ... aww, so far I actually kinda liked it, but I don't think I'm going to bother putting more time in then.
He didn't rape her, though. It was consensual. This is misleading.
Yeah, I had to stop reading it when Jaime started raping and beating her. The author made it seem like it was some romantic thing and I found it disturbing.
Outlander is not a rape book, however, there are scenes including rape and many references to rape. Once again though, It is not a rape book. There are many other topics at hand.
