Rape in the Hebrew Bible decried in the Bible's stories. It is not tolerated in the Bible's laws." Sunil Francis concurs in her book "Violence Against Women: A Christian Ethical Analysis on Rape", writing "The Bible always sees rape as violence and sin." Genesis 19 features an attempted homosexual gang rape. Two angels arrive in Sodom, and Lot shows them hospitality. However, the men of the city gathered around Lot's house and demanded that he give them the two guests so that they could rape them. In response to this, Lot offers the mob his two virgin daughters instead. The mob refuses Lot's offer, but
The Bible in film allowed it to be more risqué than would normally have been accepted. Figures like Eve, Delilah, Jezebel and Judith could all be portrayed as seductive temptresses. In tales such as Sodom and Gomorrah and Samson and Delilah, exotic sins could be lavishly portrayed on screen. In his autobiography, DeMille wrote, "I am sometimes accused of gingering up the Bible with large and lavish infusions of sex and violence. I can only wonder if my accusers have ever read certain parts of the Bible." By the 1950s movies had to compete with television and became more colorful and bigger in story