General Hospital - MESSAGE BOARDS

intentions is different then actual rape. the topic poster made it sound like logan already raped maxie before anything even happened.

I didn't say he was going to rape her, I said "some kind of violent act".

Some of the rebuttals here astound me. This is how I read what some of you are saying.
"He intended to rape her, but all he ended up doing was scaring the heck out of her, dominating her physically and calling her offensive names. So what's the big deal."
"Woman have been raped on daytime television for decades. What's the big deal?"
"But after a woman's attacked and brutalized and shot or stabbed or kidnapped ... man is she tough. So, what's the big deal?"

My feeling, when I started this discussion, and still today, is that A. woman can be portrayed as strong and independent without having to first go through a trauma. and B. GH has used this as a way to move a storyline forward quite a bit lately. Not in chronological order, but here are some instances:
Emily killed
Carly attempted kill
Robin shot
Leyla shot
Carly's nanny killed
Georgie killed
Maxie attempted kill by Diego, twice
Maxie held at knife point by Devlin
Claudia stabbed and thrown into the water
Kate shot
Elizabeth kidnapped by Diego
Ric's temporary girlfriend had abusive guy Randy
Johnny's mother shot - shown in flashback, brought up ad nauseum by Claudia
Carly ending up in the water after the dock explosion

And each time, the woman was pretty much minding her own business. When the men encounter violence it's usually to save someone, or to be whacked because they are a bad guy.
Though, I do think Ric's stabbing by AZ was a blindside, so I'll give a pass on that one and of course the innocent shooting of a child.

Anyway, this is my final say on this. I really appreciate the posters who have agreed, whether in whole or part, with my grievance. It's easy to be numbed to something you witness often. I felt it was too much.

[quote]Quote Jmm1: [quote]Quote shepmajor: [quote]Quote Jmm1: [quote]Quote srmills:
I said before that if there were one more rape on General Hospital I was going to stop watching for good. Now I see from upcoming episodes that both Maxie and Lulu will be attacked in some way. And not just by some random man, but by one Lulu used to trust, by a character who has returned from serving for the US Army. Really poor choices all the way around by GH's head writer.

I am sorry but I do not understand your comment about the serving in the military...so are you saying that men/women in the military cannot comment sexual assault? If so you are way off base her...it happens in the military on a daily basis. Plus look at the one guy in the military who killed that girl b/c she was prego with his child...then he ran to Mexico.

You make it sound like you are not only upset with the s/l but because it is with a vet...[/quote]

I get why the military veteran being the bad guy bothers so many - it's because of the shoddy treatment veterans are given in storylines. Need a crazed drug addict? Make him a Gulf War vet! Need a murderer? Make him a vet! Rapist? Make it a vet! Like the cops in PC, military veterans are treated with disdain and written to be less than the true heroes MOST of them really are.[/quote]

I understand what you are saying Shep, I too hate how television has portrayed vets, it is disgusting. I work with vets and I am saddened by how they are treated..If this s/l comes to be true I hope the writers spin it and make it positive for vets in our nation.

Now I know what a lot of you are thinking...how can a rape be positive...but maybe they can spin it that he had PTSD or an effect to a drug he was given while in the military, b/c they are given a lot of drugs that have some very horrible effects.

I was just trying to get a point across that just b/c he is a vet does not mean the s/l should not be done...it happens in our society everyday...and a lot more than we no with vets involved...is it right, no, but it is a fact.[/quote]

I hate to see rapes but it happen everyday and vet's do committ it also. But, I not should it is a rape scene, if I wrong, we wll see. I sorry to say we as women get attack all the time, it is sad but it happen.

What I don't like is making the women look bad in our eyes, like Robin she has every right to look into Patrick and give him a hard time. He treated her like shiit when she was honest about wanting a baby. It push her to look like a nut looking for a man to have a baby with. So now it Patrick time to plead.

People complain all the time. If you don't like a show then switch channels or turn off the TV. You can't please people all the time...but do you have to start a war over this SRMILLS. At times I FF a scene, but do not cause a big problem like you have. Goes something like this.........It is better to be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt. SRMILLS just switch channels and good bye.