caseyedwards
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To borrow a phrase -he had a revolving door on his closet!I thought Spacey was already out.
To borrow a phrase -he had a revolving door on his closet!I thought Spacey was already out.
Now the situation is becoming more fair. It's now in the open that men are also harassed, by other men and women; men are even more reluctant to report for different reasons.
https://www.plbsmh.com/yes-men-can-be-sexually-harassed-in-the-workplace/
The essence of such behavior is "sense of power", not gender. If there is a widely used term "misogyny" there now should be a widely used term "misandry".I don’t know what fairness has to do with. Yes, men can be harassed but nowhere are they harassed nearly in the same numbers as women are.
“It feels like something has shifted,” Fonda said on the broadcast. “It’s too bad that it’s probably because so many of the women that were assaulted by Harvey Weinstein are famous and white and everybody knows them. This has been going on a long time to black women and other women of color and it doesn’t get out quite the same.”
Steinem spoke about the power in numbers, and her optimism that this will be “a tipping point” in identifying racist and sexist bias. “If you steal money, you probably get arrested and convicted, because everybody says stealing is wrong,” Steinem said. “But if you do something that is very sexist or racist, because there still is a critical mass of bias in this country, it takes more cumulative instances for it to be recognized.”
The only woman that Weinstein issued a statement saying he didn't remember the events the way the woman in question did was when Lupita N'Yongo published her article about him. That definitely seems to go along with what Fonda and Steinem said.I don't know if this was posted previously, but over the weekend, Jane Fonda's take on the Weinstein scandal had a huge reaction from a lot of people, mostly positive from what I saw:
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jane-...ms-are-white-and-famous-and-thats-why-we-care
Gloria Steinem was with her and they spoke about racist and sexist bias in how the public reacts. Steinem also mentioned that there being power in numbers which probably explains why it could no longer be ignored once so many came out. Something similar happened with Bill Cosby. It wasn't until dozens of women came out and shared their story with major media outlets where something finally happened (and a generational shift in attitudes towards lecherous behavior from men in power).
I feel like I'd already heard about the show ending.‘House of Cards’ cancelled amid Kevin Spacey sexual assault allegations
https://www.thestar.com/entertainme...ter-allegations-by-tv-actor-anthony-rapp.html
Apparently the show had been cancelled months ago, but the cancellation announcement just happened to coincide with the news about Kevin Spacey? Anybody buying that?
I wonder when/if accusations about a Hollywood Singer will come to light?
Hollywood sex accusations now levied at Ratner, Hoffman
Harvey Weinstein, James Toback, Kevin Spacey...and now Jeremy Piven, Brett Ratner (six separate accusations) and Dustin Hoffman are facing accusations of harassment.
I wonder when/if accusations about a Hollywood Singer will come to light?
God I hope so; it’s so egregious.
Whole thing makes me furious with how Hollywood and the media has treated Corey Feldman.
Hollywood sex accusations now levied at Ratner, Hoffman
Harvey Weinstein, James Toback, Kevin Spacey...and now Jeremy Piven, Brett Ratner (six separate accusations) and Dustin Hoffman are facing accusations of harassment.
I wonder when/if accusations about a Hollywood Singer will come to light?
Lists like that are scary, because many of those cases were either dropped or remain unproven. While social media has brought this issue out into the open, encouraging victims to come forward in a supportive environment, it also provides a platform for witch hunts where anyone who wants to hurt someone can point a finger directly or indirectly and cause a great deal of damage to potentially innocent people.
I've been wondering about those who have allegedly (should that word be in quotation marks...or NOT?) done something and their careers haven taken a hit. Nothing yet has been proven. Someone posted earlier about Marilyn Manson firing a band member who had allegedly sexually harassed (or raped?) a woman. But nothing was posted about that band member having been convicted of anything in a court of law. It seems like some people's careers are now over, due to someone posting something online, yet no police involvement has occurred. I'm starting to wonder why people are using the media instead of the police station as the place to take action. Is this the beginning of living in a post-police state? Is this all linked to the police force having such a bad name in so many cities that people trust facebook more than a law enforcer?
That's not true. Here's an Atlantic article about the evolving approach that Weinstein and his publicists have been taking in response to the women coming forth.The only woman that Weinstein issued a statement saying he didn't remember the events the way the woman in question did was when Lupita N'Yongo published her article about him. That definitely seems to go along with what Fonda and Steinem said.
... well, at least there is Kevin Spacey... because so far it looked like only circumcisions bring out the animal in men..Harvey Weinstein, James Toback, Kevin Spacey...and now Jeremy Piven, Brett Ratner (six separate accusations) and Dustin Hoffman are facing accusations of harassment.
I also have wondered about Anthony Rapp as a 14 year old. How did he end up at an adult party, unchaperoned at 14 years old? None of the adults there were looking out for him? Why were his parents not at the party...or ensuring he would have a safe way to get home at 2 or 3 in the morning? I'm not in any way saying he "had it coming to him" because of these things, but how could all of these adults (especially the parents) be so unaware and uninvolved?
I don't know about Rapp's family background, but Drew Barrymore was getting into nightclubs on her own when she was not even a teenager.
Kids who are successful actors are usually pretty self-possessed and intelligent, and I can see even responsible parents thinking, well, the party is with people they know from work (and who the parents probably know as well), they can get around the city by themselves, so there's no harm in letting them go on their own.
I don't think making that choice necessarily speaks to irresponsible parenting - I mean, the women who were harassed by the studio execs didn't think they'd have to fight off an assault when they thought they were going to a business meeting. I think the responsibility is on the people who think it's OK to commit assault, not on people who go to a party expecting a party, or people who go to a business meeting expecting a business meeting.
I have a theory, but you probably will not like it. Election of Trump undermined the "Power of Hollywood" and exists as "open opposition" in the eyes of many people. The "victims" were part of "the Hollywood system". Not only they felt reluctant to go against "their own", but perhaps subconsciously did not feel there will be "ready and willing defenders" on their side. "Hollywood sexual depravities" is an ace card (big or small) in hands of conservatives, given that the Hollywood is against them. The victims now feel they have "undesired and unexpected, but still an ally who at least will not Liberal Hollywood sweep it under the rug".I think the real sociological and psychological question is why are people now coming out in waves to be open about it after harboring and being negatively impacted by their experiences for so long.