23 November 2007 22:14, by Anonymous
Buffy in it’s later seasons was pretty bad for values. Spike rapes or tries to rape Buffy and she is still in love with him. Their relationship is based on his hitting her and she responding with sex. Bondage and public sex (including in an alley by a dumpster) inform their relationship which is viewed as "romantic." Spike engages in and admits to behaviors that are appalling and Buffy responds with physical affection.
The show teaches girls that violent and dangerous men are to be preferred, and young boys that violence is not only no impediment to winning a woman’s heart but the key (as (...)