re: They put a warning on '16 Candles' movie

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what deviant writers and directors made high-school sexual situations in the 80's so date-rapey and cringe?

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Because high school sexual situations are typically date-rapey and cringe.

The awkward sexual tension in high school is a normal part of growing up into adulthood. Writers and directors in the 80's were able to play on that awkwardness at a time when they had the freedom of artistic expression to do so.