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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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.  [b]Whether that ended up being true or not, she accepted it and chose him anyway.  [/b]So she wasn't 'entitled' to children he was presumably unable to have.  And accepted that by marrying him.[/quote]

Um, no. Whether that ended up being true or not?? That's otherwise known as a lie, and a significant one. He also took advantage of her ignorance and kept on with the lie. She may not have chosen him otherwise (though the "scandal" makes that more of a question. I find it interesting that you're more bothered by her taking advantage of him and not the other way. His offense is far greater, imo.
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What are you talking about? First of all settle down morality police, it’s a tv show. Second of all of course his offense is greater. But she willingly married a man that she believed could not have children. So she then is “entitled “ to children by him? How exactly does that work?[/quote]

Don't tell me to settle down after YOU raised the issue. Yes, it's a tv show. But I recommend that if you don't like being questioned, you not post about it. His offense is greater, as you agree. That was my point and it is the right one.[/quote]

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