Sensitive Topics Discussed on The Golden Girls
Controversial Topics Beautifully Discussed Over Cheesecake on The Golden Girls
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During the show's run, there were two episodes that touched on the unwanted sexual advances that women deal with on a daily basis. In season six episode six, "Feelings," Rose comes home from a dentist appointment shaken with the thought that her dentist might've deliberately touched her breasts during her exam. In this episode, Rose's dentist preyed on her naiveté, and in season one episode 20, "Adult Education," Blanche's professor uses her reputation against her. After class, Blanche goes to her professor for extra help in her psychology class, and instead of helping her, he attempts to use her sex-positive personality to manipulate her into sleeping with him to get an automatic A in the course.