The Harvey Weinstein Effect

[ArcadiaGP]

In Wake Of Weinstein, Men Wonder If Hugging Women Still OK « CBS Los Angeles

... Who are these men?

 

[thej27]

'The Voice's' Melanie Martinez accused of sexual assault by former friend, denies allegations | Fox News

 

[jamil]

In Wake Of Weinstein, Men Wonder If Hugging Women Still OK « CBS Los Angeles

... Who are these men?

I'm not confused about it at all. It's not hard to figure out when it's social acceptable to hug a woman. Your wife, when not in the doghouse, always. Relatives, always. Friends, usually. Strangers, probably not, but not never.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Terry got a big push of support from Reddit after that BET piece came out... Terry even made a post on Reddit thanking everyone for having his back. Looks like he's taking action now.

Terry Crews Files Adam Venit Lawsuit Over Alleged Sexual Assault ? Variety

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Time names the "silence breakers" as person of the year

Silence Breakers TIME Person of the Year 2017: How We Chose | Time.com

The galvanizing actions of the women on our cover—Ashley Judd, Susan Fowler, Adama Iwu, Taylor Swift and Isabel Pascual—along with those of hundreds of others, and of many men as well, have unleashed one of the highest-velocity shifts in our culture since the 1960s. Social media acted as a powerful accelerant; the hashtag #MeToo has now been used millions of times in at least 85 countries. “I woke up and there were 32,000 replies in 24 hours,” says actor Alyssa Milano, who, after the first Weinstein story broke, helped popularize the phrase coined years before by Tarana Burke. “And I thought, My God, what just happened? I think it’s opening the floodgates.” To imagine Rosa Parks with a Twitter account is to wonder how much faster civil rights might have progressed.

The year, at its outset, did not seem to be a particularly auspicious one for women. A man who had bragged on tape about sexual assault took the oath of the highest office in the land, having defeated the first woman of either party to be nominated for that office, as she sat beside a former President with his own troubling history of sexual misconduct. While polls from the 2016 campaign revealed the predictable divisions in American society, large majorities—including women who supported Donald Trump—said Trump had little respect for women. “I remember feeling powerless,” says Fowler, the former Uber engineer who called out the company’s toxic culture, “like even the government wasn’t looking out for us.”

 

[jamil]

Time names the "silence breakers" as person of the year

Silence Breakers TIME Person of the Year 2017: How We Chose | Time.com

I'm glad people broke the silence, but I can't help but wonder what form of retribution prompted it after so long. EVERYONE knew what was going on. What made them stay silent, and what changed?

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Six female D Senators are calling for Franken to step down.

All very coordinated, each did it within minutes after the other

 

[indiucky]

EVERYONE knew what was going on. What made them stay silent, and what changed?

The hats gave them power....

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Six female D Senators are calling for Franken to step down.

All very coordinated, each did it within minutes after the other

Franken will be making an announcement tomorrow. He's gone, and they gain the moral high ground regarding Moore.

 

[Expat]

Franken will be making an announcement tomorrow. He's gone, and they gain the moral high ground regarding Moore.

Not just Moore. I heard they are going to try to get a parade of Trump victims. I would expect a certain Democrat female lawyer operative to be holding some media events soon.

 

[HoughMade]

In Wake Of Weinstein, Men Wonder If Hugging Women Still OK « CBS Los Angeles

... Who are these men?

Been practicing the Baptist "side hug" for years. I'm feeling pretty bulletproof even in the current environment.

 

[Expat]

Been practicing the Baptist "side hug" for years. I'm feeling pretty bulletproof even in the current environment.

Greet all God's people with a holy kiss.

The wife's people came from a group of Brethren that believed in kissing to greet each other... Glad I grew up Southern Baptist, we were big hand shakers.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

Corey Feldman's 1993 audio files naming alleged sexual predators found by Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office | Fox News

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I mean, I feel bad for the people involved... but this just looks like a big ol' metaphor.

 

[1911ly]

Six female D Senators are calling for Franken to step down.

All very coordinated, each did it within minutes after the other

I thought he had his heels dug in pretty good. The democrats are really trying to distance themselves from these guys/pervs. To bad they didn't step up to the plate back in the Clinton days.

 

[KittySlayer]

The hats gave them power....

So the guy on the far left is wearing a brown hat while all the women are wearing pink. Is this where the term two in the pink and one in the stink comes from? I'm shocked.

 

[actaeon277]

I thought he had his heels dug in pretty good. The democrats are really trying to distance themselves from these guys/pervs. To bad they didn't step up to the plate back in the Clinton days.

Maybe they feel they need to go after him and others (some after putting up with a LONG time) so that they can go after Pres. Trump, and say, look we cleansed our Party. Time for the GOP to do the same.

 

[1911ly]

Maybe they feel they need to go after him and others (some after putting up with a LONG time) so that they can go after Pres. Trump, and say, look we cleansed our Party. Time for the GOP to do the same.

I had not thought of that angle. That could be true. The billy Bush tape seems to be the biggest damning thing on Trump. It will be interesting to see what happens.

 

[ArcadiaGP]

I had not thought of that angle. That could be true. The billy Bush tape seems to be the biggest damning thing on Trump. It will be interesting to see what happens.

It's going to be very easy in 2020 to paint every candidate on the right as sexual abusers/harassers, or apologists. The right better be looking for a squeaky clean candidate now, because the #MeToo **** is going to be around for a while... and the left will win that (because of the Billy Bush tape)... even though they are the biggest perpetrators of it.

 

[1911ly]

It's going to be very easy in 2020 to paint every candidate on the right as sexual abusers/harassers, or apologists. The right better be looking for a squeaky clean candidate now, because the #MeToo **** is going to be around for a while... and the left will win that (because of the Billy Bush tape)... even though they are the biggest perpetrators of it.

True. The republicans tried to run Ford against Carter. Both were pretty freaken clean. The next few elections will be interesting. The public has pretty well shown it's distrust with the current democratic leader ship. I don't see Trump (at this point) in as bad of shape as Nixon was. If Trump goes down Pence will have a hard time winning in 2020. We will have to wait to see how this all plays out.