Medusa - Monstrous Misconceptions - Extra Mythology

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Bill Lemmond

The version I'm familiar with has Medusa raped by Poseidon.

General Luigi

Eh, this one is kinda trying to merge the "three monster sisters" and "yet another girl Poseidon banged" with a dash of "rebrand rape to consensual tryst b/c a modern audience would object to that".

shadowscribble

...describing the interaction between Medusa and Poseidon as consensual misses the mark. If you're aiming to show Medusa in a more positive light, if you care about using your platform to educate on consent, if you're going to talk about how Athena's transformation wasn't necessarily a curse (as Peter pointed out, it can be interpreted as protection from unwanted advances), or if you want to connect Medusa's story to how her face was historically used as a symbol of protection, you should call out that many (most?) versions of the story indicate that Poseidon raped her.

There's also an interpretation of the curses as a prison - no matter how fair in body or spirit, none may see you lest they be turned to stone, none may touch you lest they be bitten by a poisonous serpent and die... which can, in turn, also be interpreted as ways to protect her from unwanted advances. Lots of ways to shift perspective with regards to these tales.

Peter Strait