Harvey Weinstein sex scandal

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I think some actresses did speak out years ago, like Rose McGowan, and their careers suffered after that. He was powerful and had powerful cronies.
It seems like everyone in Hollywood knew about him anyway , so speaking about it might have been futile.
If you have heard the audio tape that was released today of him harassing an Italian model , she did what everyone says victims are supposed to do- she went to the police and wore a wire, and he still was not prosecuted but he DID make life hell for the victim, slandered her and stuff. So if you ever wonder why more women don't come forward, look at what happens to the ones who do.

love the sarcasm

Ashley Judd was so vocal over Trump but stayed quiet for 20 years over Weinstein. Politics no doubt.

check out Jennifer Lawrence sucking up to Harvey at some awards ceremony.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_BXdFtwZsE

Many actresses do willingly sleep with studio people to get ahead, and no doubt Weinstein had plenty of women who would have willingly slept with him. But instead (or maybe in addition?), he continually forced his attentions on women who were not willing. He also had the money to pay for hookers if he just wanted sex without strings.
This is kind of like Bill Cosby- he probably had groupies and and other women around who would have consented to having sex with him, just to be close to someone famous, but he chose to drug and rape women.
Actors willingly laying down on the casting couch and prostitution is sleazy, but it is consenting adults and that is the difference here. It's not just about sleaziness- These women were not willing.
It seems like it's not just about the sex for men like this, it is about the power to do something without consent.

Yet instead of reporting it to the police, she took his money and kept quiet. Every girl he abused after her should be calling her out the same way she is going after Affeck, Damon, et. al.