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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]One thing about the dancing scene:

While I will admit I am one of the people who does think she looks uncomfortable and is pulling away in that footage, I agree with people who don't think what we see in that footage rises to the level of harassment. On its own, it just looks like they don't agree on how the scene should be filmed and don't like each other much, but it doesn't look like harassment.

However:

In Lively's complaint, she says that after they filmed that scene, she voiced her issues with the way Justin handled it and he responded by saying "I'm not even attracted to you." I think that context is more problematic than what we see in the camera footage, because if Lively expressed her discomfort with the amount of physicality in the scene, or the fact that it wasn't discussed beforehand, and that was Justin's response, that *is* getting into sexual harassment territory for me.

But all we have is her allegation, I'd want to hear from witnesses, etc. I'm just pointing out that focusing just on what we see on camera leaves out context that might ultimately be very important. Obviously, they are playing intimate partners in the movie. There will be physical touching. But if Justin spoke that way during a professional discussion about the physical intimacy in the movie, this is concerning to me. That is not professional or appropriate.[/quote]

You are tacitly admitting you think someone is a sexual harasser if they decide to defend themselves [/quote]

Nope, not even a little.

"I'm not even attracted to you" is not a defense for sexual harassment.

If an actor tells her director and costar that they are uncomfortable with the level of physical contact in a scene, or don't like how the physical contact was handled, that is a workplace complaint about working conditions and should be taken seriously even if you disagree. Dismissing it as though it's okay as long as you aren't trying to f*** them ignores that person's bodily autonomy, and unnecessarily personalizes and sexualizes a conversation that should just be about workplace boundaries. [/quote]

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