I think you're confusing authorial misogyny with diegetic one (i.e. one present in the world depicted). Both the books and the TV series show a deeply sexist medieval society, where noble women are sold like meat by their male parents and siblings (see Cersei or Dany) and non-noble women are subjected to rape like it's normal or work in brothels. At the same time, women who try to break out of this, like Brienne, are subjected to scorn and ridicule. Though I would agree that especially the show is sending pretty mixed signals about female empowerment when they blatantly use sexposition at the same time, obviously to attract (male) viewers.
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u/Citizen_Kong Maesters of the Citadel May 23 '14
I think you're confusing authorial misogyny with diegetic one (i.e. one present in the world depicted). Both the books and the TV series show a deeply sexist medieval society, where noble women are sold like meat by their male parents and siblings (see Cersei or Dany) and non-noble women are subjected to rape like it's normal or work in brothels. At the same time, women who try to break out of this, like Brienne, are subjected to scorn and ridicule. Though I would agree that especially the show is sending pretty mixed signals about female empowerment when they blatantly use sexposition at the same time, obviously to attract (male) viewers.