Sexual Harassment of the DAY
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Fax I understand what you're saying and can agree for the most part.
Your first paragraph is a lot about managing the situation and avoiding confrontation when dealing with someone more powerful or wealthy. You're disregarding what people will willingly (if not remorsefully) put themselves through to advance their career, get richer or jump to the big league.
Weinstein has never NOT had his reputation. It was always well known in this industry that he was all about sexual favours, and would either flirt you to death, take pleasure in arm-wrestling you in business or despise you right away.
The level of hypocrisy that is going on in this case and coming from insiders is baffling.
There's no way a girl in a position to meet him would not be warned left and right, unless she was young to this industry and tricked either by her boss or agent, in which case they should also be accountable.I can totally understand that someone with no ties with Hollywood would look at this differently. But HW was the notoriously horny Anna Wintour or Steve Jobs of cinema, and tons of people played along to get a piece of him. You might call him disgusting or repulsive, there's no shortage of mind-boggling couples when big money is involved.
An actress exgf (10 years ago) would already tell me about dodging him any chance she'd get when bumping into him at events. And without any other connection to that field back then, I already assumed him to be like that!
Some of her friends made other choices and their names would be more familiar to you.Of course his behaviour is wrong and the fact that this system was allowed to strive for decades is sickening.
But rape is a serious matter that shouldn't be thrown around so lightly, and because of complains like this one he will most likely end up walking free.
- I get where your coming from but this video is in two parts. First her meeting then the "deal". your right he is WYSWYG and that's why she filmed it.mugwart
- second is the alleged rape. That is a criminal matter and only for the police/ legal to work out if she is and isnt.mugwart
- Hollywood is a corrupt system and has been since its roots, you are right it goes on and you have to be very very awake to survive.mugwart
- Even Lynch has made a few films about it. The more layers you go into the worse it gets. My frustration is that I used to support the independent film studiosmugwart
- but HW owned them. Everyone I seem to know whom has worked with "set" work was aware of these going ons. Really lowmugwart
- Right. Also, 1 key factor I forgot to mention. In my experience, given the chance, most people will ditch their principles for fame & proximity to famous peoplespl33nidoru
- I can't pretend to know about Hollywood. If you know exactly what she should have known, or did know, then fair enough. Lots who'll blame her won't have a clue.Fax_Benson
- I hear you and i'm definitely not saying she asked for it, nor taking rape lightly. I just don't think she was naive, and I think an adult can reluctantly findspl33nidoru
- himself/herself having sex without it being rape. Ok enough for me on the subject! :)spl33nidoru