# Question for those of you who have seen Stranger Things - sexual abuse?

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**Created:** [August 11, 2020, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-of-you-who-have-seen-stranger-things-sexual-abuse/917826 "2020-08-11T17:40:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![naita](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/naita/32/5862_2.png) [@naita](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/naita)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-of-you-who-have-seen-stranger-things-sexual-abuse/917826/21 "2020-11-29T18:03:19Z")

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The arguments in your OP are QAnon level interpretation of supposed clues. El’s behavior never points to sexual abuse and sometimes is inconsistent with it it obvious ways, as already described in this thread.

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**Author:** ![FigNorton](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fignorton/32/5619_2.png) [@FigNorton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FigNorton)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-of-you-who-have-seen-stranger-things-sexual-abuse/917826/22 "2020-11-29T18:06:32Z")

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> [@HMSVictory](#):
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> The genital imagery employed by the show (I noticed during second viewing that the gate looked like a vagina, especially in season 3), the demogorgon’s head looked like a “flower” (i.e. virginity), El’s bleeding could be symbolic of vaginal bleeding/hymenal destruction

What was the most vagina like part of the gate?

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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/question-for-those-of-you-who-have-seen-stranger-things-sexual-abuse/917826/23 "2020-11-30T01:04:21Z")

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> [@HMSVictory](#):
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> Any additional opinions would be appreciated. Thanks!

It sounds like you’re not going to give up until you get somebody to agree with you. So far, no one does.

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