If those portrayals can be of varying quality, why can't this one be one of the varying quality bits of representation too?
I think this is an interesting point. There are two schools of thought at play here. 1) ANY representation is good and should be shown regardless of sensitivity and quality. 2) Some things are 'representation' in name only, and
have the possibility of being otherwise offensive, thoughtless, or perpetuating harmful stereotypes.
If all we want is representation, this could be an example of a negative portrayal, sure. I just really wish we didn't live in a world where the best we as survivors can hope for is negative stereotypes and jokes at our expense.
And listen, I know this is important to you and a pretty emotional topic. At least it's emotional for me, anyway. Part of me honestly hoped that listing (some) half-decent examples of representation could be a sort of olive branch. I was probably projecting because I sort of hyperfixate on finding examples of representation and thought it could be helpful to share. Of course, there were also negative examples in that list, but if the binary of "does this piece of media have a male victim of SA regardless of quality, Yes or No" was something of use to you in whatever way... Even if it was just an example of "okay, this sucks and is a baseline of awful to compare other media against." Well, I figured I'd add it. In any case, it seems to have done more harm than good and for that, I apologize.
