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Daenerys Targaryen of "Game of Thrones"

GPB Savannah’s Emily Jones spends her Sunday nights like a lot of people: watching the HBO series “Game of Thrones.”  Jones has stuck with the show, even as she has harsh critiques for its misogynistic treatment of female characters.  In this commentary, she tells us why this bothers her almost more than mistreatment of women in the real patriarchal world. 

The stereotypical fantasy/scifi fan is believed to be a teenage boy or young man Emily Jones is a die hard consumer of fantasy fiction. And she spends her Sundays watching the HBO series Game Of Thrones. She's stuck with the show even though she has harsh words about its misogynistic treatment of female characters.

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