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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Now 40 women have come forward to report the serial rapist, Harvey Weinstein.[/quote]

Lupita Nyongo is one of the latest, with a piece in the NYT today.[/quote]
[b]Can someone please post a link to this from the NYT?[/b]
Maybe also some exerpts. Thank you.[/quote]

Okay it took me 4 seconds to Google “Lupita New York Times.” Sorry your device doesn’t have that capacity. Here you go:
https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/10/19/opinion/lupita-nyongo-harvey-weinstein.html?referer=https://www.google.com/[/quote]

So weird. He told her to come to his bedroom at his house so he could massage her. She didn't want to, but instead of saying no and leaving she offered to give him a massage instead...and that was seemingly fine until he took off his pants.

Did he abuse his power? Yes. But that was apparently very easy since many women were seemingly okay with crossing uncomfortable lines in order to curry favor and hopefully land a role. That doesn't make what he did right, but it certainly makes you wonder why these women went along with this. Lupita's situation and many of the others are obviously different from the reported incidents of actual rape. Lupita's situation wasn't rape...she offered to give him a massage.

I understand the power differential, but she and many others had a choice. They picked career opportunities with Weinstein instead of protecting their morals. [/quote]

Please stop with the victim blaming. Stop with judgment regarding "morals." It's so convenient to sit back and say, "Well I just don't understand how that woman could have put herself in that position..." Go back to the article. Print it out and underline all the parts where he attempted to bully her into doing something she didn't want to do. Underline the parts where he asserted his power. 
If you're a man, you have no idea what it's like to go through the world where you're constantly getting messages to just go along, not make a fuss, don't be a bitch, etc. And if you're a woman, PP, I guess you should count yourself lucky that you've never been in a situation where you said to yourself, "I'm really uncomfortable right now, but maybe if I just go along for a little bit, I can get myself out of this." [/quote]

I'm a woman who was in bad situations a few times but stood up for myself instead of going with the flow.

I get it: these women wanted to be actresses. They wanted to get a part. They were willing to do things that made them feel uncomfortable instead of saying no and walking out. I realize that could have impacted their careers. I get it. But they chose career over their own comfort level.

Lupita could have said no and walked out. Some of his victims did. Others didn't. And some were forcibly assaulted.

All I'm saying is it's no small wonder that he thought he could get away with it...because he did. Very few women actually pushed back. Most caved in.

If your boss said he wanted to give you a massage, would you say okay? Or offer to give him one instead? Or would you say, "What did you just say? I'm going to leave now."

Perhaps some of you might want to begin focusing on empowering and equipping women to use their voice instead of defending their silence by labeling everyone as victim blamers? [/quote]

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