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'Mad Queen' : The treatment of Mother of Dragons was sexist in GoT

'Dany' is making tragic choices that all political leaders face when it comes to using violence to achieve their goals. But the writers chose to show her as acts as irrational, tyrannical or insane.

Daenerys Targaryen
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File photo of Daenerys Targaryen (Emilia Clarke) in one of the early episodes of Game of Thrones

Stefan Dolgert | The Conversation
This story contains spoilers for Season 8 of HBO’s Game of Thrones.
Game of Thrones has ended, and all is well — especially with the long-suffering Starks of Winterfell.
Arya has forsaken revenge and is off to explore new lands, Jon Snow is back in the true north with his faithful direwolf, Ghost, Sansa is the Queen in the North for a newly independent realm and Bran the Broken is the near-omniscient ruler of the Six Kingdoms. Westeros is truly the land where dreams come true.
Of course, there is the small matter of why Jon is back with the Night’s Watch —

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