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Girls Episode 9, Season 2: Tackling Sexual Politics Like No One Before

Rae Alexandra Mar 11, 2013 10:40 AM


Something really fucking important happened in last night's episode of Girls. Women have been dealing forever with the parameters of rape -- what constitutes it, what validates it, and what makes a rape a rape.

The reason date rape happens so often, and goes unreported, is because sexual activity can quickly get weird and women are at times prone to blaming themselves for allowing intimacy go too far.