Harvey Weinstein

[theimage13]

No doubt about that! But the fact he is a male is irrelevant. What matters is these people's disgusting and sick behaviour, which has nothing to do with their own gender and more to do with their sociopathic/psychopathic behaviour, how they treat others and their complete inability to deal with power.

No, the fact that he is a male is extremely relevant. To say that it's not is like shouting "all lives matter" after another unarmed black guy gets murdered by a police officer (and if you don't understand what's wrong with, then I don't think I'm going to be able to get through to you).

Men are the overwhelming majority of perpetrators of sexual assault / harassment / rape. Can guys be victims of it? Sure. But I'm smart enough to know that we are far and away the cause of the problem. It would be beyond tone deaf to ignore the sex of someone when discussing stuff like this.

Let me be blunt: when it comes to sexual assault as a whole: men are the problem.

The justice system itself needs work (it's flaws with the system that often discourage women from reporting things). But that wouldn't even be an issue if men would get it in their heads that women are not objects there to be used and manipulated. There needs to be a complete and drastic shift in our cultural values, specifically, with how men treat people. I can count on one hand the number of times I've heard a woman make a lewd comment about a guy she found attractive. I'd be well into the thousands if I was still keeping track of how many times a guy has made a lewd comment about a woman he found attractive. So I'll say it again for those in the back: when discussing an abuser, point out that he is male is extremely relevant.

[tremolo]

No, the fact that he is a male is extremely relevant. To say that it's not is like shouting "all lives matter" after another unarmed black guy gets murdered by a police officer (and if you don't understand what's wrong with, then I don't think I'm going to be able to get through to you).

Men are the overwhelming majority of perpetrators of sexual assault / harassment / rape. Can guys be victims of it? Sure. But I'm smart enough to know that we are far and away the cause of the problem. It would be beyond tone deaf to ignore the sex of someone when discussing stuff like this.

Let me be blunt: when it comes to sexual assault as a whole: men are the problem.

The justice system itself needs work (it's flaws with the system that often discourage women from reporting things). But that wouldn't even be an issue if men would get it in their heads that women are not objects there to be used and manipulated. There needs to be a complete and drastic shift in our cultural values, specifically, with how men treat people. I can count on one hand the number of times I've heard a woman make a lewd comment about a guy she found attractive. I'd be well into the thousands if I was still keeping track of how many times a guy has made a lewd comment about a woman he found attractive. So I'll say it again for those in the back: when discussing an abuser, point out that he is male is extremely relevant.

It isn't relevant, because his actions are not defined by his gender, just as they are not defined by his race, religion, the colour of his skin or eyes, nationality, etc.

I won't debate about the whole objectifying women and blaming men for everything bad that happens to them. Blaming men for this is taking the power away from women and putting them in the same position as children, and I believe that's awfully wrong.

You make a lot of points that have absolutely no direct connection with this case. Lewd comments and all that stuff... I could make a similar case about money talk and gold-digging whores, but that would be considered awful, sexist, an infantile generalization, mysoginist, and what not. But apparently reverse sexism and stupid generalizations are fine and acceptable when the ones being trashed are men.

All we have in common as men is the XY. Everything else is just generalizarions and bs made up to fit an agenda.

[M1ke]

It isn't relevant, because his actions are not defined by his gender, just as they are not defined by his race, religion, the colour of his skin or eyes, nationality, etc.

I won't debate about the whole objectifying women and blaming men for everything bad that happens to them. Blaming men for this is taking the power away from women and putting them in the same position as children, and I believe that's awfully wrong.

You make a lot of points that have absolutely no direct connection with this case. Lewd comments and all that stuff... I could make a similar case about money talk and gold-digging whores, but that would be considered awful, sexist, an infantile generalization, mysoginist, and what not. But apparently reverse sexism and stupid generalizations are fine and acceptable when the ones being trashed are men.

All we have in common as men is the XY. Everything else is just generalizarions and bs made up to fit an agenda.

Are you mental?

We live in a world where the system is set up to protect men who abuse more than it is to protect the women who are abused.

And you want to have this discussion without bringing gender into it?? Tough shit, it's part of it.

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Are you mental?

We live in a world where the system is set up to protect men who abuse more than it is to protect the women who are abused.

And you want to have this discussion without bringing gender into it?? Tough shit, it's part of it.

So, just because I don't agree with your view, I happen to have some kind of mental problem.

Hurray for tolerance and respect!

The system is set to protect abusers more than those who are abused.

[M1ke]

So, just because I don't agree with your view, I happen to have some kind of mental problem.

Hurray for tolerance and respect!

The system is set to protect abusers more than those who are abused.

NO, THIS SITUATION IS PROOF THAT IT'S NOT.

I don't have to tolerate or respect willful ignorance. Which is what you're demonstrating.

Grow up, GENDER MATTERS WHEN DISCUSSING SEXUAL ASSAULT.

[tremolo]

NO, THIS SITUATION IS PROOF THAT IT'S NOT.

I don't have to tolerate or respect willful ignorance. Which is what you're demonstrating.

Grow up, GENDER MATTERS WHEN DISCUSSING SEXUAL ASSAULT.

So anyone who doesn't share your view is willfully ignorant. Great.

Abuse is abuse, period. Gender doesn't matter when discussing sexual assault. The problem is in the action itself, not on the gender of the abuser/abused.

[M1ke]

So anyone who doesn't share your view is willfully ignorant. Great.

Abuse is abuse, period. Gender doesn't matter when discussing sexual assault. The problem is in the action itself, not on the gender of the abuser/abused.

No, anyone who believes that gender is irrelevant when discussing systemic sexual assault is willfully ignorant.

Grow up, get a clue, open your eyes. IT MATTERS.

Removing gender from the discussion prevents discussion of gender roles, of societal expectations placed on men and women that allow predators like this to run rampant and afford them protections. It prevents discussion of power structures that have been benefiting men over women for DECADES.

You don't get to shut down a discussion by being willfully ignorant. Take your crap elsewhere, get your head out of the fucking ground. This kind of attitude accomplishes nothing but shutting down discussions around what the actual problem is, which is POWERFUL MEN TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE POWER THAT OUR WORLD ALLOWS THEM TO HAVE OVER WOMEN.

GENDER MATTERS.