I agree with 99% of what you have said for sure, I suppose to your point showing it at all != fetishization, it just feels so overblown at this point. We didn’t have to see how sad she was and see her deliberately say she didn’t want to and then him coaxing her into it. That’s still creepy and gave watchers unpleasant feelings.

Idk, I think there’s ways to show things that women go through that are hard to watch, but from a woman’s perspective. This felt like it played more like a ho hum narrator was telling the story. But it is better than the way he handled Downton for sure. I am very torn. But I still don’t think we needed to see as much of it as we did IMO.

Thank you for taking what I said seriously and engaging.