Palpably tense and thematically complex, this is deeply uncomfortable viewing, with a graphic but wholly justified rape scene

Women quickly learn that rape is a crime only in theory; in practice the standard for what constitutes rape is set not at the level of women's experience of violation but just above the level of coercion acceptable to men.

• Judith Lewis Herman; Trauma and Recovery: the aftermath of violence - from domestic abuse to political terror (1992)

The relationship is certainly abusive but I mean that's a greyscale. It's not like 'here's a healthy relatio... read the rest.