Įxecutive producers David Benioff and D.B. While rape does occur in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels, the Game of Thrones TV adaptation by HBO has been at times been criticized for its portrayal. In episode 1.2 " The Kingsroad", Tyrion remarks to Jon Snow (who volunteered to join the Night's Watch) about some convicted rapers (including Rast) being sent with them to exile at the Wall as punishment.
4 Rape in the A Song of Ice and Fire novels.1.6 Ramsay Bolton, Jeyne Poole, and Sansa Stark.1.2 The Jaime/Cersei sex scene in "Breaker of Chains".
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1 Rape in the Game of Thrones TV series.The term consistently used for anyone who has committed rape is "raper", plural "rapers", not "rapist" (though a handful of times actors have misspoken and said "rapist", these are not canonical). "Rapist" is not a word in the storyverse of Westeros, either in the novels or TV series.
During wartime, soldiers in both Westeros and Essos often rape the women living on their enemies' lands, sometimes as part of broader, calculated terror-tactic of burning out their homes, destroying their crops, torturing their children, and other atrocities. In practice, powerful noblemen are often able to get away with raping commoner women they rule over if they can keep it a secret. Most choose castration rather than a grim, freezing, and short life in the Watch. Men found guilty of rape can be punished by amputation, most often castration, though they are given the choice to avoid this punishment by joining the Night's Watch for a life of exile at the Wall, leading many to scoff that the dwindling Night's Watch has degenerated into a glorified penal colony. Rape, forced sexual contact perpetrated against a person without that person's consent, is considered a major crime in Westeros which faces severe punishment under the law. Most choose the knife." ― Tyrion Lannister to Jon Snow, observing captive rapers being transported to exile in the Night's Watch.