I am a writer - and I take issue with your questions for us. When writers pander to the changing whims of its audience, the writing becomes turgid, stale and lifeless. Writers, particularly screenwriters, shouldn't be second guessing whether or not their writing is going to offend, upset, outrage or cause any emotional upset at all. Writers should be doing one thing, writing truth. That's it. Production compaines, broadcasters, script developers and directors can handle the mental gymnastics required to navigate audience sensibilities - but it is not a writer's job to do so. You can be a bad writer and put in a rape scene that isn't truthful, but likewise you could be a bad writer and not include one because you're scared of the repercussions. Any talented writer sticking to the maxim of 'writing truth' will know the difference.

In both the examples you gave, the rapes were a necessity of the plot (albeit for different reasons) and justifiably true for the characters in question- the subsequent handling of the subject matter is what you're really talking about, and that is a socio-political viewpoint around audience sensibility and nothing to do with the writing itself.