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Ray Donovan's Women

Wait! Ann Biderman -- director -- are you paying attention to how women are portrayed on RAY DONOVAN. I am seriously wondering how you are ok about this? Here are the top 10 examples (believe me this is the short list) : 1. Scene shows John Voight holding a gun to Patricia Arquette 's head and demands a blow job. His response to her freak out is, "I musta been in the can too long.  I was just following your lead".  Spoiler: Patricia Arquette gets it anyway. 2. Ray has a dead girlfriend and this is his dark secret.  We don't know what happened to her. 3. Ray's wife steals designer shoes because she is unhappy in their marriage. 4. Scene shows Ray's actress girlfriend handcuffing herself to his bathroom sink and then begging for sex. 5. Ray's daughter's boyfriend tries to force her to have sex -- she is about 15 years old. 6. Ray's wife says to her daughter that she will force her, if she gets pregnant, to have a baby and therefore ...