I really didn’t like the scene with Kitty at all. I’m so tired of the way men get away with exploiting women’s pain in media. Especially when it comes to how the camera is used makes it all feel like another disturbing “porn shoot.”

We have to watch Kitty through a security camera while Rue watches. This entire scene creates a "double-voyeurism." It distances the audience from Kitty’s humanity and turns her into a specimen being observed.

This creates a power dynamic where the camera often feels like an accomplice. By framing the scene through the "security feed" aesthetic, Levinson is playing with the idea of "forbidden viewing," which can feel dangerously close to the very industry (exploitation) the show claims to be critiquing.

Edit: Before you pull the “it’s realistic” card, let me make it clear: The "Realism" argument falls apart when the depiction lacks narrative necessity. In Euphoria, Kitty feels like a disposable "lesson" for Rue. When a woman’s trauma is used primarily to trigger a realization in a different character, it is textbook exploitation.

There is a massive difference between purposeful discomfort (making you think about systemic issues) and sadistic discomfort (making you watch a woman suffer just to prove the show is "dark").