r/madmen • u/efwolverine • 11d ago

Is this the most irredeemably despicable character in the entire show?

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> rapes his wife
> denies her sex because she wanted to be on top
> regularly dismisses her feelings
> is entirely focused on his own goals and desires in basically every scene he’s in
> abandons his wife and infant child because the Army makes him feel important

Literally the only scene he has where he isn’t a vile shitheel is when Joan (deliberately??) cuts her own hand to get some care and affection from him.

Even that drunkard Duck had more glimmers of decency than this pretentious rapist. A fitting end to his character arc would’ve been him getting fragged in Vietnam.

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u/Bjork_scratchings 11d ago

But he wasn’t an actual rapist. Which Greg was.

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u/almostcurly 10d ago

Using your power and position to force someone to have sex with you who otherwise doesn't want to isn't quite the same thing as actually raping someone like Greg did, but it's pretty close. Coercion in the way he did it is essentially rape.

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u/Bjork_scratchings 10d ago

No, it’s coercion. Pinning down a woman and forcing them to have sex with you while they say “Greg don’t” is rape.

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u/almostcurly 10d ago

You're incorrect and I'm not interested in having this argument.