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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Another point about Daphne and Simon and the infamous scene - at this point in history, marriage was very much a “contract.”  Children were expected.  Simon did indeed misrepresent himself when he told Daphne he “couldn’t” have children.  When she finally figured out that he simply *wasn’t* going to have children, she realized that it was his DUTY to do so, and that as his wife, she deserved children.  In that context, I found it perfectly understandable that she did what she did.  Of course, nowadays, that’s considered tricking/trapping the man, etc.  But at the time, she was fully entitled to children by her husband.[/quote]

I don't think it was rape per se, but this premise doesn't hold.  She married him with the knowledge that he was unable to have children.  Whether that ended up being true or not, she accepted it and chose him anyway.  So she wasn't 'entitled' to children he was presumably unable to have.  And accepted that by marrying him.[/quote]

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