Pop history in particular artistic works are reflective of society.
Look at early Bond movies for example. Quite a lot of behaviour in those movies would be considered sexual assault if happened today.
Look at early Bond movies for example. Quite a lot of behaviour in those movies would be considered sexual assault if happened today.
That Bond was a lonely, bitter, alcoholic (beyond "vodka martini, shaken not stirred", but in many of the books Bond would often find himself alone at the bottom of a bottle of liquor), misogynist with a short temper.
So certainly they could, and in many cases, that would have been the underlying premise - not that he was (just) a ladies' man who would have women falling over themselves.
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