There are women depicted as sexual tools, women who have zero rights, women who are queens but only to a man, and then there are women who are literally unstoppable and as powerful as you can possibly imagine.'

She told Entertainment Weekly: 'It's depiction of women in so many different stages of development.

She argued that strong female characters in the show were being denied their femininity at the expense of their strength.Īctress Emilia Clarke, who played Daenerys Targaryen, weighed in on the sexism debate surrounding the show in 2016. This included its depiction of violence towards women, sexual violence, and excessive nudity, as suggested by many across social media and by PhD student Diana Marques who published 'Power and the Denial of Femininity in Game of Thrones' at the University of Lisbon. Game of Thrones faced backlash for sexist themes in the show throughout its run. They continued: 'Let's be real here, misogynistic succession battles based on fantasy history make great drama, but I don't see an influx of TV shows where all the Queens are warring because they've prevented a rightful male heir take power.' Over on Twitter disagreed though, pointing out that the first chapter of the first book is 'full of nipple twisting.' missing the point that he’s comparing a TV show made in the 21st century with The Anarchy, a real war from the 12th century!- Contrarah July 24, 2022 whose first chapter of his first book alone is full of nipple twisting! “House of the Dragon isn’t more sexist than real history,” His assertion that neither the show nor his books are sexist was backed up by fans. GoT has a passionate fanbase with many sharing their opinions of Martin's comments on social media. The Game of Thrones series has had multiple accusations of sexism thrown at it for over a decade now, since the first TV series launched on HBO in 2011. I don't think Westeros is particularly more anti-woman or misogynistic than real life, than what we call history.' 'I pilfered freely from real history when Henry I, when his only legitimate son drowned while trying to cross the English Channel, he was left with only one legitimate child, Matilda.' Martin goes on to explain how the powers that be in England prevented Matilda from taking the throne as Stephen of Blois arrived to take the throne instead, which would lead to the civil war called the Anarchy. The new prequel series 'House of the Dragon' stars the likes of Emma D'Arcy (top left), Olivia Cooke (top right), Sonoya Mizuno (bottom left) and Eve Best (bottom right).

Martin has defended 'Game of Thrones' from claims of sexism.

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