Masha Gessen | Sex, Consent, and the Dangers of "Misplaced Scale"




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Former Oklahoma state senator Ralph Shortey. (photo: Sue Ogrocki/AP) 
Masha Gessen, The New Yorker 
Gessen writes: "Thirty-three years ago, Gayle Rubin, a cultural anthropologist and feminist activist, observed that, during certain times in history, humans tended to renegotiate the sexual order." 
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