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(#9) LT Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
- Top Gun
No, this isn't an attack on Top Gun. You can still love that movie, if it's what you're into. You're encouraged to read about the coke-fueled behind-the-scenes insanity of the film in High Concept: Don Simpson and the Hollywood Culture of Excess.
The point of this is Maverick, as embodied by rakish imp Tom Cruise, is a teensy eensy bit of a sexual predator. Take as evidence the scene in which he follows Charlie (Kelly McGillis) into the women's room at a bar after she has rejected his advances and suggests they bone on a counter in the lavatory, a sinister smile etched on his face. But guess what! Good news. She falls for him. Because, duh.
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(#12) Henry Roth
- 50 First Dates
Amnesia as a gateway condition to rape appears twice on this list, for some reason.
The plot of 50 First Dates, about a man trying to convince a woman who can't retain any new memories to love him, seems cute until you realize Henry Roth (Adam Sandler) is basically manipulating Lucy (Drew Barrymore) into falling in love, then sleeping and procreating, with him.
If Lucy could remember anything, 50 First Dates might not be so creepy. But every day, she has no idea who he is, he knows that, and he keeps after her, instead of moving on to another fish in the sea.
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(#11) Prince Phillip
- Sleeping Beauty
The case of Prince Phillip in Disney's Sleeping Beauty is a bit of a thorny thicket. It's indisputable that he kisses Aurora, the sleeping princess, without consent. However, the two know one another, are in love, and want to get married. On the one hand, he made a move while she was unable to give consent. On the other hand, it's safe to assume she would've been okay with it, had she been awake. But that doesn't make it okay.
The problematic nature of Prince Phillip's kiss has roots in far more disturbing material: the original story. In versions of the fairy tale from Spain and Italy, the prince rapes the princess while she's sleeping. Though the nature of the prince's sexual contact and his relationship with the princess has changed over time, the actions of Phillip are but a mild permutation of the act of male sexual domination and the treatment of women as nothing more than outlets for male sexual desire and the need to procreate.
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(#5) Paula In 'Failure To Launch'
Sarah Jessica Parker stars as Paula, a woman hired to seduce lazy, immature men into leaving their parents' homes, in Failure to Launch. While some might call a hired seductress a prostitute, here, she's a romantic heroine. If that weren't sketchy enough, her methods of luring Matthew McConaughey away from his parents' house include lying, manipulation, and emotional abuse — all so he'll fall for her. So... she's a sexual predator for pay.
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(#2) The Geek
- Sixteen Candles
Sixteen Candles is a beloved film, in part due to Anthony Michael's Hall adorably geeky portrayal of Farmer Ted. Thing is, if you watch the film carefully, you realize Ted is kiiiiiiind of a rapist. Towards the end, popular guy Jake Ryan's (Michael Schoeffling) girlfriend Caroline (Haviland Morris) is so drunk she can barely stand up, and he hands her off to Ted, who has sex with her.
That's date rape, all right. And by the way, Farmer Ted is a freshman, so he's got three more years of raping ahead of him.
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(#13) Wolverine
- The Wolverine, X2, X-Men Origins: Wolverine, X-Men, X-Men: The Last Stand, Hulk Vs, X-Men: First Class
Pretty much all of Wolverine's sexual encounters are creepy AF. The man has been around since the 19th century, which means he's about 100 years older than everyone he sleeps with. That's a serious gap of experience and Wolverine can't not draw on this when getting people into bed with him. He also does that growly animalistic thing and overpowers women during sex, which fetishizes sexual aggression, and paints it as a tactic to turn women on - they all want a dominant man in bed! Duh.
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