House of the Dragon writer says show won't 'depict sexual violence' against women

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A writer and executive producer on the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon says the show will not 'depict sexual violence' against women despite a showrunner recently saying otherwise.'I'd like to clarify that we do not depict sexual violence in the show,' writer and executive producer Sara Hess told Vanity Fair. 'We handle one instance off-screen, and instead show the aftermath and impact on the victim and the mother of the perpetrator.''I think what our show does, and what I'm proud of, is that we choose to focus on the violence against women that is inherent in a patriarchal system,' she said in a statement to the publication.

A writer and executive producer on the upcoming Game of Thrones prequel House Of The Dragon says the show will not 'depict sexual violence' against women, despite a showrunner recently saying otherwiseHouse Of The Dragon, which will premiere August 21 on HBO Max, is based on George R.R.

Martin's book Fire & Blood and tells the story of the House of Targaryen and the bitter and brutal civil war known as the Dance of the Dragons.

The show is not historically accurate.'There are many "historical" or history-based shows that romanticize powerful men in sexual/marriage relationships with women who were actually not of an age to consent, even if they were "willing,"' Sara continued. 'We put that onscreen, and we don't shy away from the fact that our female leads in the first half of the show are coerced and manipulated into doing the will of adult men.'This is done not necessarily by those we would define as rapists or abusers, but often by generally well-meaning men who are unable to see that what they are doing is traumatic and oppressive, because the system that they all live in.