How Game of Thrones Failed Women
Game of Thrones Didn't Just Let Down Its Female Characters, It Let All of Us Down
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The list for all the ways Game of Thrones failed women goes on; in addition to Dany and Sansa, Cersei is raped, and so are Craster's daughters (graphically, onscreen), along with tons of other female characters.
It seemed like the scales were tipping in season six, with badasses like Yara, Lady Olenna, and the Sand sisters, plus Sansa's come-up, Dany's burning of the Khals, and Arya's revenge for the Red Wedding, but the series' end undid all that good. Instead, nearly every female character's story is diminished in favour of a man who is more important to the story.
They deserved better. We all did.