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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can I ask what was so special about the original New Yorker piece that it went viral in the first place?
(background: I never knew about this Cat person story or the scandals that ensued until this thread) 
Was it just that Roupenian's story was so relatable to many women, or something else[/quote]

I think so. The story also led to typically immature online umbrage from men, so some purported feminists got obsessed with compiling *their* negative reactions and trying to fashion it into a moment. A lot of the success the author got was timing-reliant, which isn’t that unusual, I guess. [/quote]

I think the story exposed a generational divide.  As a GenXer, I was fairly horrified by the main character’s lack of agency.  She just went along with sleeping with him, and then got mad at him instead of herself.   Younger women saw it a completely different way.  Similar to the Aziz Ansari date story.   I just don’t get the passivity of both women.  I think the generational split created the controversy.   [/quote]

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