I know it's been done to death but Game of Thrones

Also, the Cersei rape scene, which in the books was Cersei doing the rape (well, forced sex) completely changed for TV.

I've already said consensual was the wrong choice of word.
My point was the same scene was played out completely differently in the book to the TV series: no force, no crying, no aggressiveness in the books, all of these in the TV scene.

The fact she's about 12 isn't a factor then in consent, MrNoseybonk?

If a woman submits to sex because its her duty and she knows her husband can force sex (and rape is viewed as impossible in marriage as its the husbands right) then that isn't consensual is it?

Yep, consensual was not the correct word.
In the book (from memory), he realises she is scared on their wedding night and leaves her alone. Eventually they have sex when she has got to know him a bit and she approaches him.
It may still be non-consensual because there is threat of force (although in the book he isn't immediately threatening anything) and because she's under-age.
In the TV series, it's forced, rough sex against her wishes.
They come across very differently, the TV version was much more violent and tough.

What is the age of consent in Westeros?

There is no age of consent because rape is legal and women's consent not needed. Duh.

If you need the exact age, she's 12 if I remember correctly. Not much older, certainly. That is a child in every sensible person's opinion. Biological facts do not change with cultures. (Also, Martin wrote this in a culture that knows that raping chidlren is wrong. He chose to make his fantasy culture a rape culture for no particular reason except that he could)

Not that she would have had any more choice in the matter at 18, but then she might at least have experienced SOME sexual feelings and desires that weren't directly linked to the rape trauma.

Daenerys is under the age of consent in the books.

What is the age of consent in Westeros?
I agree she had little choice since it was a royal, arranged marriage, but the sex wasn't forced in the books as it was in the TV series.

Even the Daenerys / Drogo rape scene was fully consensual in the books but turned into rape in the TV prog.

Fully consensual? Daenerys is under the age of consent in the books. She had to be aged up for the TV show because people draw the line at pedophilia. And she has been forced to marry him. She knows she'd better submit while he's gentle, lest he decide to use violence. (Which I heard he does later, anyway)

@GreenTomatoJam:
(and my first thought was that it was to justify having the women naked)

That's probably it.

This is a weird thing to say, but there've been a couple of BBC shows with what I would call gratuitous full frontal male nudity now - the one that springs to mind is the Chris O'Dowd (Irish guy from The IT crowd) getting dressed in a drama called The Crimson Petal and the White - he just turned around while getting dressed, and there it was. Completely gratuitous, just hanging around - I think it's a step towards equality done like that, but did find it a bit of a surprise (and my first thought was that it was to justify having the women naked)

I call it Game of Tits.

Don't like it. Feels gratuitous and not for me.

Full frontal male nudity including penis does happen on TV programs these days.
Spartacus was every episode, I though there had been in GoT too.

The lack of male nudity isn't a GOT problem, it's a tv problem. You will always have full frontlal female nudity over male. Apparently the sight of a penis, even a flaccid one will send us clutching for our pearls.

When Renly was still in it, there were a few scenes with naked men.

There still is in Loras scenes, and others to be honest.
One of the things which annoys me about it is, in the books Cersei forces Jamie to have sex with her, but in the TV programme it's switched round, for no particular reason, but changes the whole character of the thing.
Even the Daenerys / Drogo rape scene was fully consensual in the books but turned into rape in the TV prog.

If you have it on "in the background" and you don't know who is getting stabbed or why or what led up to it then of course it'll look like gratuitous violence.

Everything is gratuitous if you don't know the context.

It is a very violent show. Nasty things happen to lots of people. Nasty things are also done by lots of characters, even ones who you might "like". I still enjoy it though.

I have no objection to gore and violence, if it is appropriate to the storyline.
One of my favourite shows ATM is Vikings, but the violence in that is generally war/fight/male on male violence, what sex there is feels right in context and there are strong female leads.
I have always avoided GoT, it just seems to me like violent porn for Medieval fetishists.

My husband and i started watching it

I stopped when i realised that i had seen more breasts in a few hours than i had over over 30years in female changing rooms

....and i was a breast feeding counseller for a while

Slight exaggeration but not by much

Every scene in Little Finger's bordello (even when there was a male prostitute, the women were entirely naked, he wasn't)

The witch woman - basically, we've seen every fairly young female character naked, and none of the men (I've watched a fair few of them, but I don't remember seeing a penis yet - perhaps the Reek torture?)

I don't intend to watch the next season. I came to the realisation that it's not healthy to watch murder and rape for amusement. It's not thought provoking, it's not realistic, or historical, it's a fantasy world where someone with complete control of that world maims, rapes, and kills people for fun.

I've stopped watching all the CSI/Criminal minds/pretty girl being murdered shows as well.

I think there's a lot of strong female characters in the show. I don't remember much female nudity to be honest. Cersi when she had to do her walk of shame. Danerys (sp) is always semi nude but then so was her husband and so are most of her male advisors.

It's supposed to make you feel sick and uncomfortable. It's horrible but it's a reflection of the sort of era it is set in. I was pregnant when I watched all the baby scenes and yes it made me feel sick and I cried. But that's because it's a very well written show and it's doing its job. It's designed to shock.

I think people are concentrating on the level of violence because that is what the opening post is about.

And you never noticed that no men are raped in the series, despite its claim to be "realistic"? (Talking from second-hand information admittedly, but I am confident it is correct. I couldn't bring myself to continue reading)

The rapes are in there for titillation, I am pretty sure. If they were in for realism, the men would also rape each other. Men tend to do that in real life.