...frankly, I don't understand why we make all this mess for a scene that we can avoid...if that shocks you, don't choose the option that's all!!!
and yes it's fantasy, the author does not glorify rape/beasty in real life, when you read a novel with murders or other crimes, it would not occur to you to go to the act, because you are mature and wise
(well maybe not all given what I read above ...)
in short... if you're doing all this hay for nothing, it's maybe just to attract attention, Don Quixote at least had a good reason to face windmills... but you all I don't see ...