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* SonOfAWhore: Carrie very bluntly points out that Molly's mother was Ruby Dollinger, the town whore.

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* SonOfAWhore: Carrie very bluntly points out that Molly's mother was Ruby Dollinger, the town whore.whore.
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* AdoptionDiss: Carries subjects Molly to this during an argument.

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* AdoptionDiss: Carries Carrie subjects Molly to this during an argument.argument.
* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: Averted when Carrie is arguing with Carl and bluntly points out that he contracted syphilis after sleeping around behind her back.
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* AdoptionDiss: Carries subjects Molly to this during an argument.
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* RapeAndSwitch: Played with in Molly is raped by her female roommate in college, which helps her realize her own sexuality. She had already had several same-sex relationships before, but this was the one that made her truly realize it.

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* RapeAndSwitch: Played with in Molly is raped by her female roommate in college, which helps her realize her own sexuality. She had already had several same-sex relationships before, but this was the one that made her truly realize it.
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* HappilyAdopted: Played with in that Molly's relationship with her adopted father Carl is very strong, but her relationship with her adopted mother Carrie is a lot more strained, especially after Carl dies while she's in high school.
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* ExperimentedInCollege: One of Molly's lovers, the cheerleader Carolyn, rejects the idea that she's a lesbian and claims that their relationship is just this.
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* KissingCousins: Molly does this her (adopted) cousin Leroy.

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* KissingCousins: Molly does this has a brief sexual relationship with her (adopted) cousin Leroy.

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* PlayingDoctor: With her friend Brock, and she goes so far as to charge other kids money to look at his junk.

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* KissingCousins: Molly does this her (adopted) cousin Leroy.
* PlayingDoctor: With Molly does this with her friend Brock, and she goes so far as to charge other kids money to look at his junk.
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A 1973 novel by Rita Mae Brown, ''Rubyfruit Jungle'' was a seminal ComingOutStory in QueerMedia and a semi-autobiographical telling of Brown's own life. It follows Molly Bolt, the adopted daughter of a poor Floridian family, and her relationships as she grows older and comes to realize she is gay.

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* EthicalSlut: Molly is quite open to her lovers (both male and female) that while she loves them she doesn't see herself in a permanent relationship, and doesn't actually think a happy, honest, permanent relationship is even possible at all. Her lovers tend to eventually break things off.
* PlayingDoctor: With her friend Brock, and she goes so far as to charge other kids money to look at his junk.
* RapeAndSwitch: Played with in Molly is raped by her female roommate in college, which helps her realize her own sexuality. She had already had several same-sex relationships before, but this was the one that made her truly realize it.
* SonOfAWhore: Carrie very bluntly points out that Molly's mother was Ruby Dollinger, the town whore.

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