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Since HBO’s blockbuster adaptation of George R.R. Martin’s fiction debuted in 2011, many have lodged complaints about the show’s racial stereotypes and simplistic sexual dynamics—and rightly so

That is the sort of thing you have to say to work at Vulture.com.

[Perdogg]

Have you seen any of the episodes?

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Marjorie Tyrell and Cersei are scheming women fighting to be queen - very historically accurate for many women in a feudal society.
Men choosing religions (Stannis choosing the fire priestess) to bolster their claim to power is how we got the Holy Roman empire.
Girls assigned to lords to seal deals is a simplistic sexual dynamic, but it was standard for most of human history.