it is interesting to me that after Spike's attempted rape of Buffy that might be the first time they actually say the word rape on the show? and then repeat it a couple times? Even though rape and assault and other forms of oftentimes gender based violence and harassment are frequently depicted and part of the collection of metaphors for monsters the show is working with. I might be wrong and I would love for someone to provide earlier examples if available btw. and I'm not even really sure what this means yet. after having done some research into depictions of rape and the silencing and instrumentalization of the word itself I definitely need to think about this a little more though.

















