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How I Met Your Mother S2 E16, “Stuff”, scores 1/5 for violence, 4/5 for sex and 2/5 for language, for an overall kid-rating of 4/5 — Skip for under 13. After taking heat from Robin for holding on to all of his stuff from ex-girlfriends, Ted gives in and parts ways with all of the items -- only to discover something that puts Robin in the dog house.
Across the episode we counted 8 flagged moments in 3 themes: Sex & hookups (4); Porn / strippers / sex work (2); Slut-shaming (2). Every moment below is either a direct quote from the episode transcript or a short description of what happens on screen, so you can decide before you press play.
Watch for — every moment, theme by theme
Sex & hookups 4 moments
How Sex & hookups shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E16:
Okay, so you have to have sex with one.
Oh, Lily, I'd love to, but we're not in college and I'm not trying to sleep with you.
Mm, that's kind of how I feel when I begrudgingly have sex with you when I'm really tired.
I know we should, but you just look so sexy in my red sweatshirt.
Porn / strippers / sex work 2 moments
How Porn / strippers / sex work shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E16:
- Stripper or strip-club material shows up in the plot.
It was for a strip club.
Slut-shaming 2 moments
How Slut-shaming shows up in How I Met Your Mother S2 E16:
Why is this such a big deal? Because I don't want to use some whore's moisturizer! Whoa, she wasn't a whore.
It sounds like a whore to me.
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