In that case, I'd go rape scene, then have the character start enjoying being raped, then portray the rape as having been a positive thing in the later half of the book.
It'd be tricky to do well, but it would certainly be offensive.
1, it has to be a woman being raped,
2, the rapist can't be a hot [vampire/millionaire/whatever]
You have Joe the alcoholic plumber rape her, then you have the gall to write Joe as a sympathetic character struggling with his own demons and not an irredeemable monster.
Remember, to a feminist, the difference between sexual assault (which is worse than literally killing someone in their minds) and flirting is how hot the guy doing it is.
You write your strong female protagonist as an actually strong character, who has mixed and complex feelings about being raped, and finds a serious disconnect between her own experiences and and those of "Rape Victims" who portray it as being an indescribable horror, and not rough sex and mild physical assault.
It's a balancing act for sure, but I think that if you can do it right it could work. A lot of it comes down to how well developed the characters are.
Space Marines raping and genociding "BlAcK-CoDeD" aliens isn't really that offensive if everyone involved is a cardboard cutout. But a well written sympathetic rapist and a similarly well written female character who is not traumatized by her rape but instead finds her perspective altered and opportunities for personal growth, provides opportunities for genuinely quality writing, and will make feminists seeth.
Of course you have to avoid making it erotic. 50-shades gets slagged on, but the fact that it turns women on protects it to a degree.
I don't know anything about your writing style, but it seems to me that the trick to make something offensive is to create something well written and enjoyable to a certain small segment of the audience for exposure, but to include ideas that are Heterodox on a fundamental level to the ideology of the people you are trying to offend.
Who do you want to offend?
In that case, I'd go rape scene, then have the character start enjoying being raped, then portray the rape as having been a positive thing in the later half of the book.
It'd be tricky to do well, but it would certainly be offensive.
1, it has to be a woman being raped, 2, the rapist can't be a hot [vampire/millionaire/whatever]
You have Joe the alcoholic plumber rape her, then you have the gall to write Joe as a sympathetic character struggling with his own demons and not an irredeemable monster.
Remember, to a feminist, the difference between sexual assault (which is worse than literally killing someone in their minds) and flirting is how hot the guy doing it is.
You write your strong female protagonist as an actually strong character, who has mixed and complex feelings about being raped, and finds a serious disconnect between her own experiences and and those of "Rape Victims" who portray it as being an indescribable horror, and not rough sex and mild physical assault.
It's a balancing act for sure, but I think that if you can do it right it could work. A lot of it comes down to how well developed the characters are.
Space Marines raping and genociding "BlAcK-CoDeD" aliens isn't really that offensive if everyone involved is a cardboard cutout. But a well written sympathetic rapist and a similarly well written female character who is not traumatized by her rape but instead finds her perspective altered and opportunities for personal growth, provides opportunities for genuinely quality writing, and will make feminists seeth.
Of course you have to avoid making it erotic. 50-shades gets slagged on, but the fact that it turns women on protects it to a degree.
I don't know anything about your writing style, but it seems to me that the trick to make something offensive is to create something well written and enjoyable to a certain small segment of the audience for exposure, but to include ideas that are Heterodox on a fundamental level to the ideology of the people you are trying to offend.