Harvey Weinstein
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Anonymous
| Aspiring actresses (not adoring) |
Anonymous
Oh, so you didn't post the above? Because I didn't see a law-school exception in that comment. Also, you are delusional if you think law firms aren't rampant with sexual harassment. You wanna see sleaze? Take a gander at some male law firm partners when they think no one is watching. |
Anonymous
More like 20 years. But he was powerful and vindictive and connected and everybody wanted to please him and lets face it - above the law. |
Anonymous
Looks like Hollywood crooks and their Politicians are all protecting each other. |
Anonymous
I think the point is, when you normalize having interviews in a hotel room with a bed, you shouldn't be surprised when some small percentage of the general population takes advantage of that norm to perpetrate abuse. Frankly, if the normal professional expecatation is legitimate career opportunities are only to be proffered in professional offices with professional staff around, we'd all be better off. And, please try to listen to what women are saying in this thread. We are saying doing interviews in a room with a bed makes us uncomfortable. You dismiss that as irrational, but for many of us it is a level of hyper-awareness of the circumstances under which we are more vulnerable - a hyper awareness that comes from the knowledge that, despite your statement that "nothing" happens, these things do indeed happen. Many of us have been sexually harrassed in job interviews or internships or on the job when and where we never imagined it would happen. I was sexually harrassed at a business dinner at a colleague's home while his wife and kids were there. Never did I imagine that could happen! I was sexually touched by my mentor associate in front of other law firm partners in plain view at a summer associate event. There is nowhere it doesn't happen. When you dismiss us when we say we're not comfortable you are part of the problem - listen to that tape of the Italian model/actress - how many times did she say, "No, I don't want to do that; I'm not comfortable."? You are making the same argumeny Harvey Weinstein did - "oh, stop whining, nothing is going to happen, just do it any way even if it makes you uncomfortable." And if you don't want to, then you will pay a career cost. |
Anonymous
No, I didn't contradict myself, you misunderstood. I said that if I was one of the actresses AngelIna "warned" my thought process would have been: hmm, her behaviour indicates that she is unstable. Second, why is she telling ME this when she could be telling someone with the power to do something about it when she has access to such people in her own family. These two factors combined would have made me disbelieve her, and think that it was a false allegation. Now, to be clear I don't think they are all false allegations - clearly he has harassed and assaulted multiple women, but the Angelina piece raises red flags to me. Why would she have done the bare minimum (telling other women) if it was true, rather than telling people who actually might have been able to take action, when she had access to such people. Either do nothing, or do something meaningful if you're in a position to do so, which many of the other women weren't. Don't do something half-assed and then say "but I tried" when it all comes out later. |
Anonymous
| That's why the FBI needs to be investigating the industry, not only one of the rapists. |
Anonymous
Sounds good to me. What's the legal hook for an industry-wide investigation? |
Anonymous
God only knows how many Hollywood elites covered for him, and threatened anyone who might expose him to the public. He obviously paid off politicians to squelch any criminal charges. |
Anonymous
...Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance, for example. |
Anonymous
NP here and no it's not a step towards anything. Every few years the industry throws us a bone (Bill Cosby, now Harvey Weinstein) but the media will never reveal how deep this all runs. |
Anonymous
...until the industry gets a massive FBI investigation. |
Anonymous
If I were Trump, I would suggest it should be an FBI priority. That and the Scientology scandal. Those would be two easy PR victories for him. |
Anonymous
Excuse me, are you an aspiring actress who can actually comment on this subject? You're delusional if you think an agent goes with a client to EVERY meeting or audition they have. |
Anonymous
You're clearly not in an industry or a position where the maker of the meeting matters. When you are starting out and in a position where a HUGE bigwig can make or break your career, you would jump at the chance to have the meeting. It's a risk you'd have to take. Could literally mean the difference between success and riches or being a poor cashier the rest of your life. |