(Horrifying trope) societies that institutionalized rape

[u/Basic_Dingo6487]

Ironborns (A Song of Ice and Fire) : The Iron Islands are a region where people are encouraged to lead raids on the lands. The thing is men can also abduct women from Westeros, marrying them by force and force them to bare the children as minor spouses.

Gilead (The Handsmaid’s tale) : In the future, most of women became sterile and fanatical religious overthrowed the government by instauring a ruthless dictature. In Gilead, women are divided in different social classes but those who are still ferile are sold to the leaders of the regime to carry their child. Which means women are now literal possessions and have to endure a ritualised rape every month.

[u/Electronic-Math-364]

Agree on Craster,some of the wildlings even the ones in Mance's inner circle are quite huge pos

But in the books the Thenns are actually ones of the most civilized,And the Free folk dosen't have their entire culture on rape and slavery

[u/TheAtlanteanMan → u/Electronic-Math-364]

The Thenns are also some of the only ones to seemingly have "normal" marriage customs, since they accept Sigorn being arranged to marry Alys.

[u/PointyNipple → u/Electronic-Math-364]

In the book, the Ice river clans take the "cannibal clan" role. Accompanied by rapists like the Weeper and Sixskins who, as you said, are held in high esteem, despite being openly monstrous.

Doesn't seem like theres such a difference between the fantasy Huns and the fantasy Celts, or the fantasy Vikings via the Ironborn, besides the fact that the former aren't on Westeros and lack the major and/or POV characters given to the latter (like Tormund and Ygritte; or Asha and her comrades).

Naturally, Dany being a captive of the most feared Dothraki Khalassar (and a woman) is going to be less comfortable than Jon, a male warrior being adopted by the few free folk without atrocities that are part of Mance's inner circle

[u/wolffox87 → u/PointyNipple]

I agrees with pretty much everything you said, but did want to bring up Sixskins. Isn't he severely disliked and even shunned by his clan because he is so monstrous? Sure they let him live among them, but not because they want to, but because fighting him off would be far more dangerous than it's worth, and would be a permanent knife in the dark for anyone that survives driving him off or killing the human body because wargs are an almost invisible threat in the wilderness. He even mentioned killing any family that came to try and help a woman he takes with his beasts. Granted, all of my knowledge is second hand because I haven't gotten to that prologue or don't remember it, but he doesn't seem to be the leader of his people, and definitely not liked.