Bernie Sanders sex article: Rape fantasy involved in 1972 piece.
Bernie Sanders Wrote an Unusual Article Involving Abusive Sex Fantasies in 1972
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May 28 2015 5:11 PM

Bernie Sanders Wrote an Unusual Article Involving Abusive Sex Fantasies in 1972

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Bernie Sanders at an appearance in New Hampshire on Wednesday.

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Mother Jones magazine profiled renegade Vermont socialist and Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders' early years in politics in a piece published Tuesday. Along with the article, Mother Jones also published an image of a column that Sanders wrote in an alternative Vermont newspaper in 1972. It's about sexual fantasies and gender roles within heterosexual relationships and it's quite strange.

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Vermont Freeman via Mother Jones

The 1970s were a unique time.

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