I do think that the only way to even begin to make equality inroads will be a visual media campaign that shows men doing traditionally female roles, behaviors, customs, whatever, and being shown in a positive light, not that of the fool, AND being verbally praised for it by men and specifically women for doing so. That will cause a shift in thinking.

Without such positive reinforcement that female and their socially accepted behaviors are not silly and not on par with men, that they are completely ok to be emulated as being valid, one will never get though the unconscious acceptance of the current viewpoint.

Rape of women is such a given in his societies…such a mundane reality. “Everyone” seems to do it or accept it being done, except notably some women never seem to get raped. Kings rape, knights rape, soldiers rape, townspeople rape, wildings rape. Even brothers of the night’s watch rape. “Silly women” like the woman Shae serves get raped. Serving wenches, servant girls and town-girls get raped. Wives get raped. Prostitutes get raped. Ladies get raped. Though Danerys may or may not have been raped by Drogo, that all turned out to be rainbows and roses on the show because they she found her sexual inner beast to gain his respect so they could be one hot power couple, so much “in luv.” Since Drogo died, there’s been no rape for Dany even though she’s been wandering a countryside populated by strong and armed men in rape cultures. Arya doesn’t get raped…in spite of the fact that she too is wandering the countryside basically defenseless while encountering some really bad types. And what about Brienne, another wandering woman encountering some of the scuzziest scumbags in GoTworld? There’ve been threats, but somehow it’s never happened?

Why not? Why are some of Martin’s women raped but not others? Does Martin think some women deserve to be raped while finding others above the practice? Are “traditional women” in his world more worthy of being terribly used as plot incidentals? Does he think the adoption by women in his world of what he perceives to be male characteristics of power and strength such as army leading or joining, throne seeking, power grabbing, statesmanship wielding, swordsmanship proficiency or mixed martial arts studies elevates these women above victimization? Are women he perceives to be “strong” immune from his rape culture? Does he purposefully protect some of his women from victimization because he wouldn’t respect them if they’d ever actually been “be-soiled?”