Mental Rape

I'm watching an episode of Oprah as I type this, & this episode is on women raped by their husbands. It's definitely educating for women trapped in a similar situation & in a way, it's sort of a public education message that Oprah's trying to send out.

However, I hate the way Oprah asks her guest - who's already been through so much, who's actually got the courage to come on to this show & talk about her horrific experience, so that another woman might realise that she has a way out & that just because she's gotten into a sexually abusive marriage, she has to stay in one - "So, if you went into another house and another woman told you that in the exact same scenario, her husband had forced himself on her, would that be rape to you?" and her guest says, yes, hangs her head, probably yet again thinking how she could not have realised that she was being raped by her husband....& Oprah says "We'll be right back." & uses her guest's pain, regret & embarrassment as a cliff-hanger moment to go on an advertisement break & still keep her audience watching.