
Martin, who has said that too often we ignore or sideline the long history of sexual violence against women.

I find myself agreeing with the author of the Ice and Fire books, George R.R. It was unclear why women would prefer watching "illicit" sex scenes to men - especially since there's far more female than male nudity in the series. its many scenes featuring sex and incest - had "been tossed in as a little something for the ladies". The program's "illicitness," she wrote - i.e. When Game of Thrones first aired in 2011, The New York Times published a now infamous review of the first season by Ginia Bellafante.

This article contains spoilers for A Game of Thrones up to season six, episode three, and for A Song of Ice and Fire up to A Dance of Dragons. If that isn't interesting to female viewers, then I'm not sure what is, writes Sheilagh O'Brien. The women in Game of Thrones don't live in a perfect world, but there are strong representations of characters who survive and thrive.
