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He spoke in quips; when accused of being a dirty old man, he responded: “Who are you calling old?”

From New York Times Feb. 19, 2023

Bennell was cynical, controlling and predatory but he was nothing like the stereotype of the dirty old man.

From The Guardian Feb. 15, 2018

You are under no obligation to hug this dirty old man.

From Slate Aug. 17, 2016

“The dirty old man stereotype no longer applies,” said Homeland Security Special Agent Claude Arnold at a Thursday news conference.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 26, 2014

I asked myself as I watched them lie shamelessly to the dirty old man.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall



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