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Is my memory failing me, but I seem to recall in one of the Foundation books one of the female characters is interrogated and assaulted during the interrogation, but she just shrugs it off.

It seriously disturbed me when I read it.

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Also in the Foundation books: Sex as a weapon (for men), sex as a reward (for men), sex as payment by the (suddenly irresistible) main character to get concessions out of an amazon politician.

I only read the first Foundation book and noticed that there were basically no female characters. I did read that he was made aware of that and was sure to have female characters in subsequent books but I didn't care enough about the books to read any more of them. This makes me glad I didn't take the time to do so.

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