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As I said, a very large portion has to be recognized as not "justification" but actually a crucial point. There's a huge market for indulgence of the oppressed victim's fantasy of oppressing their oppressor. The fantasy doesn't work if the enslaved/raped/tortured party isn't an oppressor or traitor; the audience isn't looking for an excuse to hurt a character, they're looking for a character that they would enjoy hurting.
It's like justifying the creation of a frozen dairy product by making it sweet and chocolate instead of some other flavor. It's not that the little kid you're serving wants an excuse to eat ice cream, it's that the kid wants to eat CHOCOLATE ice cream. The sweetness and flavor is what makes the frozen milk worth eating, not what makes people think it's okay to eat.
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