Erin Harrington, University of Canterbury
[we] don’t shy away from it. If anything, we’re going to shine a light on that aspect. You can’t ignore the violence that was perpetrated on women by men in that time. It shouldn’t be downplayed and it shouldn’t be glorified.
Writer and executive producer Sara Hess since clarified these comments in a statement to Vanity Fair. She states ‘we do not depict sexual violence in the show’. She added, ‘We handle one instance off-screen, and instead show the aftermath and impact on the victim and the mother of the perpetrator.’
