Det är ganska antyddat, att Ciri i slutet av "Sjönens dam" fortfarande är jungfru i traditionell mening: hon har inte haft samlag med en man (villigt eller inte). Det verkar som själva ödet är emot det här: alla hennes wannabe-partners dör innan gärningen kan göras: en dör skott, en överdosering.
När det gäller scenen med Mistle: det verkar som att hon förförde Ciri, inte tvingade sig:
Certain of its way and its destination. Ciri felt the iron pincers of revulsion and fear relaxing, releasing their hold; she felt herself slipping from their grip and sinking downwards, downwards, deep, deeper and deeper, into a warm and wet well of resignation and helpless submissiveness. A disgusting and humiliatingly pleasant submissiveness.
Att vara underdanig i sex innebär inte våldtäkt.
Ciri och Mistle bildar dessutom ett ganska starkt förhållande och Ciri bryr sig verkligen om Mistle (och vice versa) - något som skulle vara svårt att föreställa sig om hon hittade henne som våldtäkt.
The young girls approached it. Mistle bought two stick
wrapped in snowy sweetness and gave one to the gray-haired girl. She delicately nibbled. The white
flacks stuck to her lips. Mistle wiped them off with gentle movements and careful treatment. The
gray-haired ones emerald eyes widened, she slowly licked her lips, smiled and shook her head
mockingly.
[...]
‘My cotton candy,’ cried the girl, looking at the candy lying in the sand. ‘I dropped my cotton
candy...’
Mistle hugged her.
‘I’ll buy you another.’
I am Falka. But I was not always. Not always.
She pursed her lips together. I have been unpleasant to Mistle, she thought. I have hurt her. I have to
apologize in some way.
När hon också har sex med en annan, tänker hon på sin älskare:
When he touched her, she could not help but stiffen and was angry with herself as she
was determined to show him she was proud and distant to the end. Her teeth, needless to say,
chattered slightly. But the elf’s electrifying touch calmed her, and his fingers began to teach
and give orders. To give directions. In time she began to assimilate so well to his indications
she could almost anticipate them. She closed her eyes and imagined it was Mistle who was at
her side.
Mistle var inte påträngande med hennes uppmärksamhet:
‘I asked you,’ Ciri growled angrily, lying on her back, ‘not to touch me.’
Mistle withdrew her hand which was tickling the back of Ciri’s neck, stretched out beside her,
folded her hands under her shaved head and stared at the sky.
‘You have been acting strange lately, Hawk.’
‘I just don’t want to be touched, that’s all.’
Det är en fråga om diskussion, var detta a våldtäkt:
Rape is a type of sexual assault usually involving sexual intercourse or other forms of sexual penetration carried out against a person without that person's consent. The act may be carried out by physical force, coercion, abuse of authority, or against a person who is incapable of giving valid consent, such as one who is unconscious, incapacitated, has an intellectual disability or is below the legal age of consent
eller var det bara en förförelse:
Seduction is the process of deliberately enticing a person, to engage in a relationship, to lead astray, as from duty, rectitude, or the like; to corrupt, to persuade or induce to engage in sexual behaviour.
Seduction, seen negatively, involves temptation and enticement, often sexual in nature, to lead someone astray into a behavioural choice they would not have made if they were not in a state of sexual arousal.
Låt oss i slutändan spela lite advokat här: Sexuella handlingar är våldtäkt och förföljas endast som brottslighet när det rapporteras som sådant av offret (eftersom vittnet kan ta en samvetslös fantasi för ett brott eller verklig våldtäkt för samtycke) . Att döma av ovanstående exempel tror jag inte på att Ciri skulle säga att hon har blivit våldtagen av Mistle.