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* "Pegasus" episode of [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]] Season 2, episode 10 (2005) - Female cylon on Pegasus was apparently raped repeatedly; another female cylon character, regular character, is sexually assaulted. | * "Pegasus" episode of [[Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series)|Battlestar Galactica]] Season 2, episode 10 (2005) - Female cylon on Pegasus was apparently raped repeatedly; another female cylon character, regular character, is sexually assaulted. | ||
* "Berserker" (a 2001 film in which a female character is raped to disempower her and prove that she was Brunhilde, an "evil" Valkyrie; see [http://thehathorlegacy.info/as-sick-as-ive-ever-seen/ review by SunlessNick]) | * "Berserker" (a 2001 film in which a female character is raped to disempower her and prove that she was Brunhilde, an "evil" Valkyrie; see [http://thehathorlegacy.info/as-sick-as-ive-ever-seen/ review by SunlessNick]) | ||
==See also== | |||
* [[Rape in Greek mythology]] - Greek mythology contained numerous stories of rape or seduction (depending on the story); often followed by the female character transforming herself, as in [[Medusa]], [[Leda]], [[Daphne]] | |||
[[Category:Gender and sex themes]] | [[Category:Gender and sex themes]] | ||
[[Category:Violence themes]] | [[Category:Violence themes]] | ||
Revision as of 08:25, 17 May 2007
Examples of rape in SF.
List of Works
Works in which rape is a central theme, or central in development of plot or character. This list includes works that are hideously sexist as well as works that are generally feminist.
- Suzy McKee Charnas. Walk to the End of the World
- Lois Gould. A Sea Change (1976)
- Elizabeth Hand. "Cleopatra Brimstone" in Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction, edited by Al Sarrantonio (2001)
- Nalo Hopkinson. Midnight Robber (2000) [child abuse]
- Gwyneth Jones. The White Queen [alien rapes human thru mixed signals]
- Mercedes Lackey. Magic's Price (1990) [homosexual gang rape]
- Mercedes Lackey. Arrows' Fall (1988)
- Sam Merwin. Chauvinisto (1976)
- Diana Rivers. Journey to Zelindar: The Personal Account of Sair of Semasi: Book 986 of the Hadra Archives (Lace Publications, 1987) (Hadra 3) (A country of lesbian separatists, the Hadra, is protected by the Goddess in a patriarchal society. After a gang-rape, Sair of Semasi escapes her country after a rape and is taken in by the Hadra.)
- Mary Doria Russell. The Sparrow
- James Tiptree, Jr. "Mama come Home" (1968) [alien females rape human males]
- John Varley. Titan (Gaean Trilogy v.1)
- Kate Wilhelm. The Clewiston Test (1976)
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. "False Dawn" (the story, which was part of the book) in Strange Bedfellows edited by Thomas Scortia (1972).
- Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. "Un Bel Di" in [[Two Views of Wonder], edited by Thomas Scortia and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (New York: Ballantine, 1973)
- "Pegasus" episode of Battlestar Galactica Season 2, episode 10 (2005) - Female cylon on Pegasus was apparently raped repeatedly; another female cylon character, regular character, is sexually assaulted.
- "Berserker" (a 2001 film in which a female character is raped to disempower her and prove that she was Brunhilde, an "evil" Valkyrie; see review by SunlessNick)
See also
- Rape in Greek mythology - Greek mythology contained numerous stories of rape or seduction (depending on the story); often followed by the female character transforming herself, as in Medusa, Leda, Daphne