![]() ![]() Instead of changing course, it happened again in Queen Charlotte, a spinoff that delves into the young royal’s love life. In fact, the central plot of Season 1 revolves around Daphne’s manic quest for Simon’s sperm, which not only turns violent, but stomach-curdlingly gross. In Bridgerton, Season 1, Black viewers were outraged after Daphne Bridgerton (Phoebe Dynevor) rapes her husband, Simon, the Duke of Hastings (Regé-Jean Page), forcing him to ejaculate inside of her so she’d get pregnant, even though he didn’t want to be a father. It’s bizarre to me that Bridgeton has doubled -down on such repeated, graphic scenes of sexual assault after being called out for this issue before. Netflix’s Bridgertonand its newest prequel, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story, are marketed as escapist romance, but the fake-Regency-era universe consistently subjects its Black characters to instances of marital rape that are played off as comedic interludes or a little bump in the road for a happily married couple. Content warning: Discussion of marital rape and sexual assault. ![]()
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