Author George R.R. Martin has offered his take on women in his A Song of Ice and Fire novels and the hotly-debated topic of the violence, particularly the sexual violence, they suffer at the hands of men.
Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, it's important to note that Martin does not address the HBO show, which has been criticized throughout its lifetime for including rapes and sexual assaults that were not in the books, and their arguably mishandled aftermaths. Rather, he reflects back on the patriarchal building blocks used to create his fictional worlds of Westeros and Essos in his written work.
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Speaking to Entertainment Weekly, it's important to note that Martin does not address the HBO show, which has been criticized throughout its lifetime for including rapes and sexual assaults that were not in the books, and their arguably mishandled aftermaths. Rather, he reflects back on the patriarchal building blocks used to create his fictional worlds of Westeros and Essos in his written work.
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