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Yes they were pimps. So, is that not apt for the story, despite it being a strangely out of place scene? Or are they just random punching bags with nothing to them? You don't have to think about it, but you should make an argument if you disagree with me.

Of course it's not just about patriarchy, Madoka is about an overarching pattern of many systems people are stuck in. But it has a very clear feminist reading too.

Maybe it is easier if easier to grasp from the contracting = losing virginity angle? I mean, there is plenty of clues for that. And Homura would fit a sex-negative feminist who has some sort of systematic understanding she believes is correct and so believes sex to be a kind of inherent trap, like a Dworkinian "all sex is rape" feminist.