date rape
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John Legend to Remix 'Baby, It's Cold Outside,' Will Remove Problematic Elements and Promote Consent
You’ve probably heard “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” on the radio while driving along the winter roads—or maybe you remember the song from the cute Dwayne-and-Whitley scene in A Different World. Regardless of where you first heard the song, you may have, at one point, questioned the creepy lyrics. In a new cover story with Vanity…
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On Rape Culture and Men’s Empathy
With days left of college, a close friend of mine was drugged at a party. What followed was a sequence of events about which my friends have praised and thanked me. Looking back, the minimal aid for which I was responsible was tinged with a tacit acceptance of rape culture from the onset. My apologies…
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Blame It on the … Quaaludes? Guilty or Not, Bill Cosby Still Preferred Sex With Intoxicated Women
The drug could be injected, liquefied or taken in tablet form. When combined with alcohol, the effects, including sedation, euphoria and sleep, could be greatly amplified. It was odorless, tasteless and inexpensive. Quaalude, a synthetic depressant, was once quite literally the perfect date-rape drug. Whether or not Bill Cosby is found guilty, his behavior in…