Like some other lesbians, I didn't watch the tenth season premiere of Law and Order: SVU just to see Sara Gilbert play a mother who gave her child away to a fellow rape victim. I've been a fan of the series for the past couple of years, coming in late but having since caught up via USA weekend marathons.

One of the reasons I'm a fan, of course, is because of Mariska Hargitay.

You can have your vampire slayers and Terminator-types: Detective Olivia Benson is my favorite fighter of evil. She's a gun-toting tough woman that puts pedophiles and sex offenders behind bars.

So it was somewhat unpleasant to see Benson shook up like she was during last night's episode.

At the end of season nine, Detective Benson went undercover in a women's prison where she successfully caught prison guards who were sexually assaulting the prisoners. Unfortunately, she came too close to becoming a rape victim herself, and was unable to escape the assault when a guard put his business in her face. … continue reading