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I hate to write this, because I love Andy…But I do not love the way that he treats Ann and her new boyfriend Mark after she dumps him, nor do I love the way that the show frames his actions as cute, affectionate, and distinctly nonthreatening. Andy’s continued harassment and monitoring of Ann is not violent, but a big man following someone around and refusing to leave a former partner in peace carries the baggage of domestic violence; just because Andy is a “nice guy” does not mean that he cannot be violent. This refusal to take Andy’s creepy and unwanted attention as a seriously flawed pattern of entitled behavior that goes beyond his goofy personality reflects a cultural desire to re-frame a scary and dangerous pattern of behavior disproportionately targeted at women as an affectionate and romantic way of showing concern.

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