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The Blanks From Hell: Fatal Attraction’s Children (Erotic 90’s, Part 5)

You Must Remember This

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The Rise and Fall of Date Rape

The idea that the definition of rape had grown too broad was all over the culture in the early 90s. William Kennedy Smith, nephew of JFK, RFK, and Ted Kennedy, was accused of date rape by a woman he met while out drinking with his uncle Ted. Despite Asa Babers' prediction: Smith is already a victim because all it takes to lynch a man these days is the accusation of rape. In another essay on sexual harassment, Stephanie Gutman said codes of conduct were inherently anti-sex.

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