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date rape

[deyt reyp] / ˈdeɪt ˌreɪp /
NOUN
the act of rape committed by an acquaintance
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Ms. Rao had also come under scrutiny over her views and writings on date rape and abortion.

From New York Times Mar. 13, 2019

More than a dozen people, mostly young women, lined up outside the committee room Tuesday wearing black T-shirts with quotes from Rao’s column on date rape and the message #RejectRao.

From Washington Post Feb. 5, 2019

In 1994, she wrote in a Yale student publication about date rape:

From Slate Feb. 5, 2019

A good time was had by all who heard it until some who are humor-challenged decided that “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” is really a song extolling date rape.

From Washington Times Dec. 25, 2018

A few radio stations announced this year they would not play “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” during the holiday season, because the 1944 song’s lyrics appear to romanticize a date rape.

From Seattle Times Dec. 20, 2018




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