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See also [[Politically-Correct History]] and [[Historical Hero Upgrade]]. Subversions often involve [[Historical Villain Upgrade]], [[Crapsack World]], [[No Woman's Land]].
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** In the real medieval world, though they had no concept of marital rape, taking your "conjugal rights" by force was seen as mistreating your wife, sometimes even as blasphemy against the sacrament of marriage. It could sometimes be grounds for a civil divorce (like other kinds of abuse), though it varied by region, being a matter of civil law rather than Church law.
** Largely averted with the Ironborn, who have a general philosophy that [[Might Makes Right]] leading to a lot of [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]] (but then, none of them are particularly "heroic"). They consider murder and theft more honourable than trade, and the forcible kidnap of "wives" as the prerogative of any conqueror.
* The short story 'The Women of our Occupation', by Kameron Hurley, subverts this. Read more here https://web.archive.org/web/20140220111127/http://www.strangehorizons.com/2006/20060731/women-f.shtml
* ''[[The Sword of Truth]]'' series ''loves'' pointing out that Jagang's (the villain) army is full of rapists. I couldn't even begin to guess how many times it's mentioned that some soldier or soldiers are/were raping women and children. The armies of the good guys, on the other hand, are super professional and would never rape anyone.
** Actually, this is deliberately invoked by Richard once he becomes Lord Rahl. In the first book, it's mentioned that D'Haran soldiers practiced this, among other unsavory 'victory celebrations'. When Richard takes over, however, he puts an end to it, and actually gets some protest from his commanders saying that the soldiers have become accustomed to the, um, 'perks' of being a conquering army, and some of them aren't going to like losing them. Richard's response to this is along the lines of, "Well, that's just too bad then."
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{{quote|'''Fett''': "I won't hurt you. I won't touch you. Sleep if you will. Or not; I don't care."}}
** Fett pointed out that what he was doing (pursuing bounties) was technically legal, and that he sees his relationship with Jabba as strictly business.
*** Pursuing bounties is only legal if the bounties are being taken to be turned over to the authorities (or if the authorities have issued the 'dead or alive' warrant on them, the Empire being the Empire). Even by Imperial law bounty hunting in the service of a private entity (let alone an acknowledged crime boss) like Jabba is, legally, kidnapping or contract killing. Of course Boba Fett has both Jabba and Darth Vader on his favored clients list and is thus effectively immune to prosecution for anything, but the point being made is that Fett's self-justification is technically not even true under the legal system he purports to uphold, let alone the Alliance's.
* Used in ''[[Marco Polo]]'' to hammer home the villainy of the corrupt Mongol overseers of the southern provinces of China. When the title hero confronts them, they say that the women will [[Rape Is Love|grow to enjoy it]] and will love [[Gilded Cage|their new luxurious lifestyle]]. This is in stark contrast with the more chivalrous northern Mongols where the man is expected to patiently await the woman's approval or accept rejection without protest.
* Used in Juliet Marillier's ''[[Bridei Chronicles]]'' to highlight the virtues of the title character. He goes ballistic when he catches men from his own army about to rape captive women—despite the fact that a Pict in the 6th century probably wouldn't have such respect for women's rights.
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