TV has helped glorify male predatory behavior, from Buffy to Grey’s Anatomy to Gossip Girl

The Atlantic

Rape or attempted rape has been used to add drama on TV shows, as Julie Beck points out has happened on shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Gossip Girl. On Grey’s Anatomy, Meredith and McDreamy’s love story begins with workplace harassment. The action of these and other pop-culture characters, she says, “were more likely to be portrayed as charming than scary.”