S1x2 Just watched this on Netflix. Am I the only one who doesnt think this was rape? He never assaulted her, or forced her. She never said no. She basically traded sex in exchange for not having to do a dangerous job. He never said he would force her to do the job more than anyone if she said no, she just assumed that. She didn't want to do part of the job so she slept with her "boss" so she wouldn't have to.
shareWhen you have control over their life, they had no option. You could call it prostitution but that was probably not in his favour.
shareYes, you are the only one. When someone uses authority and directly or implicitly threatens your safety if you do not comply, it is rape, assault with a deadly weapon (not battery) and sexual harassment. I'm not sure why you think it isn't rape but threatening someone's safety forcing someone to have sex is textbook definition. Remember, she said she knew she would.get that duty MORE if she didn't sleep with him
shareIf the way you are describing it were correct then you'd be right, but I think you may be remembering this wrong. I had to go back and watch it a second time to make sure my mind wasn't playing tricks on me.
OP is correct. Her safety wasn't being threatened, her special treatment was. If a woman stays with her boyfriend long past when she wanted to break up with him just so she could still receive special treatment from him, would you consider that rape? OFC you wouldn't. And we don't even have reason to believe he would have put her back into the regular rotation, she just assumed so.
So all in all, no ones safety was ever threatened (even indirectly), no one was assaulted, and no one was compelling her to have sex with him. These were all things she made up in her head. Like OP said, in a way she was basically trading sex for special treatment. If anything this would technically be prostitution, although it would never realistically be prosecuted.
So no, IMO this is WAY too much of a gray area to be considered rape.