Very cool, if true

The thing is with rape story lines is that they have their place and are probably needed if they make sense in the world the author has created.

Given the brutality of the world that Game Of Thrones is set in, and the way women are regarded in that world, it would be bizarre if rape wasn't brought up.

That said if you suddenly inserted a rape into The Hunger Games (a society that is fucked up in many ways, but does seem to have a certain equality for women and absence of rape culture) then it would be gratuitous and jarring.