There are frequent mentions of sexual harassment, groping, catcalling, etc. Early on, an incident of flashing/nudity and public urination as a form of intimidation is described in some detail, with emphasis on its intense emotional impact on a female protagonist. Around the middle of the book, a female protagonist is subjected to restraint and medical abuse and is afraid of what those who control her will do to her. Toward the climax, a female protagonist is graphically described being molested and choked by a group of male friends in the press of a concert crowd. Unnamed female crowdsurfers are mentioned as being repeatedly molested.