Rape as Backstory: Difference between revisions

* Though it's only a part of his backstory as a [[Child Soldiers|Child Soldier]], Guts of ''[[Berserk]]'' had to deal with rape as a kid at the hands of one of the soldiers of his adoptive father's band, which among other things informs his [[Hates Being Touched|reluctance to be touched by others]].

** In [[Berserk Abridged]] Casca tells Guts about the time she met Griffith, who saved her from being raped by a nobleman. Guts, in response tells her that his backstory is a bit different. [[Word of God]] is that he intentionally didn't play any of the sexual abuse for laughs, though this scene does contain a level of [[Black Comedy]] regardless.

'''Guts''': '''[[Iron Woobie|NOBODY!]]''' }}

** Guts' love interest Casca also serves as an example. In her case, she has angst because she was ''almost'' raped. {{spoiler|And then it happened for real during the Eclipse -- at the hands of her original savior, no less -- and it broke her.}}

== Live Action TV ==

* In ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'', Detroit mob lieutenant Quarles reveals to Donovan and Duffy that {{spoiler|his father pimped him out when he was a child to get money for heroin. Quarles' proclivity for abducting and torturing male hustlers seems to be a pathological attempt to process his childhood sexual abuse.}}

* In ''[[Prison Break]]'' Gretchen, when she was still going by the alias "Susan B. Anthony," rather creepily tells her hostage, L.J., all about her own abuse at the hands of her captors when she was a prisoner of war, all to explain why he shouldn't ever attempt to escape like she did.

* Det. Olivia Benson on ''[[Law and Order SVU]]'' believes that she is the product of her mother's rape, and it forms the core of her character, although in later episodes it is debated whether or not her mother had fabricated this story to cover the shame of a drunken sex act; her mother was an alcoholic.

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