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Robin Abcarian: Is Aziz Ansari a victim or a perpetrator?

The Aziz Ansari cultural moment was inevitable. Ansari, the immensely talented actor who just won a Golden Globe for his work on "Master of None," has been very publicly accused of unwanted sexual aggression during a first date by an anonymous 23-year-old woman who met him at an Emmy after-party last year.

Her story, "I went on a date with Aziz Ansari. It turned into the worst night of my life," on the website Babe, has sparked intense conversation, some of it along generational lines, about whether in this "Me Too" moment women are going overboard, mistaking seduction for harassment.

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