date rape

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But others such as Judge Neomi Rao, who was questioned her writings on date rape for the Yale Free Press, eventually won confirmation.

From Washington Times • Sep. 11, 2019

Ms. Rao had also come under scrutiny over her views and writings on date rape and abortion.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2019

Rao’s writings from the 1990s on date rape “do give me pause,” Ernst said during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.

From Washington Post • Feb. 5, 2019

According to the Washington Post, more than a dozen people in T-shirts that quoted Rao’s college writing on date rape lined up outside the committee room during the hearing to protest her nomination.

From Slate • Feb. 5, 2019

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