[man voices era-appropriate social viewpoint]
[time traveler punches him in the face for having the gall to not anticipate the political climate 200 years in advance]
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What the hell is wrong with you? There is no situation in which that kind of gross human injustice is acceptable. None. It may be a dominant attitude for the time period but that in no way justifies it. It never has and it never will. Nobody should ever just accept injustice and oppression just because it’s a cultural norm, no matter what time period.
Plus, Bill is the Doctor’s guest and he intends to keep her safe. Are you seriously suggesting it’d be better for him to just tell her to accept horrific injustices because it’s the past? God, you’d probably like that scene in the horrible book Timewyrm: Genesys where the Doctor tells Ace to just accept being sexually harassed because they’re in the past and it’s treated as okay there. That’s disgusting. If you seriously want to see companions abused and injustices embraced just because it’s the past, please get as far away from the optimistic family series that is Doctor Who as possible.
HE LITERALLY CALLED HER AN ANIMAL