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Bruce Springsteen: Stolen Car

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Targetpractice12/12/2014 7:26:06 am PST

Guess who’s back?

In an interview with CNN’s Carol Costello, Patton lamented that the definition of rape has been so stretched that “it no longer is when a woman is violated at the point of a gun or knife.”

“We’re now talking about — or identifying as rape — what really is a clumsy hookup melodrama or a fumbled attempt at a kiss or a caress,” she said.

Costello asked Patton if she’d ever spoken to a rape victim and what she thought of the victim’s story.

“Well, I thought there’s rape, and then there’s rape,” the author responded.

Patton said the woman she spoke with said she was very drunk at the time of the incident and “regretted” it next morning.

“To me, that’s not a crime, that’s not rape,” she continued. “That’s a learning experience that has to do with making choices and taking responsibility for the choices you make.”

What other 1950s advice have you got to share with us, dear? “Lie back and think of England?” Yegods.