Talk:Murasaki Shikibu/@comment-25712820-20190206015214/@comment-31631793-20190206185050

Reality Marble, more than raped, I think the implication is that both Genji and her milkmaid failed to teach her the basics of womanhood in their hurry. More than raped, I interpreted it more like the classic pains of the first time. Moreover, Murasaki quickly forgives him when she understands the implications of the act, i.e. that it was a proof of love and the consumation of their marriage, and she and Genji end up loving each other until her death, which ends up being the trigger to Genji's downfall.