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Feminism and Diversity

aswanson

(50 posts) Mon Feb 8, 2016, 01:08 AM Feb 2016

Abuse in Romance

Do you know of any romances (particularly young adult romances) that contain a lot of abuse (emotional or physical) and/or are sexist?

I'm really interested in the topic.

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Abuse in Romance (Original Post) aswanson Feb 2016 OP

50 shades of grey redruddyred Apr 2016 #1

redruddyred

(1,615 posts)

1. 50 shades of grey

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Sun Apr 3, 2016, 05:05 AM

Apr 2016

twilight? i've never read either of them, but was unfortunately subjected to the films.

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