Yeah - I'm kind of surprised there's a backlash against this scene more than there was against Jaime raping Cersei last season, which IMO was much worse on many levels (change from the book, definitely nonsensual as she resisted, more explicit, not justified by ongoing story/character context, etc).
Of the various notable rape scenes, it was probably actually one of the better handled ones. The whole Stockholm Daenerys rape was pretty awful, the Jaime/Cersei thing was very poorly done given their intent, and the raping of the women at Craster's keep was done in too far of a titillating way.
I understand the complaints about Sansa's character in regards to it, but the time to complain there was back when she made the decision to go with Baelish's wishes. I'm not sure what people expected her or Ramsay to do after that decision was made. You knew it wasn't going to be good. Yet, people only complain when it finally happens. I think that's what leads several people to see it as complaining solely about rape and not just the character. Especially since we don't yet know what the ramifications of this development are. If it goes nowhere, then yeah, complaints are justified. But I don't know if will or won't be, so I'll reserve judgment.
That's hilarious.
