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@dave
Why are people surprised? Pretty much their entire case against Harvey Weinsten was that he had power and influence. It's typical marxian thinking: if you have money and power in a capitalist system, you must be evil.
@cereal @dave
I still find the idea of equating it to rape bullshit, as NO ONE has an absolute NEED to work in Hollywood. So he kicks a women out of show business. So? She still has a million things she could do with her life. It's like complaining that at a regular job your boss makes you do something demeaning once, like scrub a shit filled toilet. Sure, you could complain that he used his power to make you do something you'd rather not do, so that you avoid getting fired. Or you could FUCKING LEAVE.
>She still has a million things she could do with her life.
Her being where she is in life is the consequence of a number of choices, some of which can only be made once or a few times, like your choice of occupation. What you're saying is "she could just go clean toilets" as if people don't have any amount of aspirations in their lives that they work towards in terms of education, for example.
@cereal @dave
Let me put it a nicer way too.
Nobody has to work as an actor.
Nobody has to work as an actor in movies.
Nobody has to work as an actor in american movies.
Nobody has to work as an actor in american Hollywood movies.
Saying that Weinstein had absolute power over young actresses that aspired in this field is bullshit. Saying that they had no choice but to suck his micro penis is bullshit. They chose to be prostitutes, to gain something by demeaning themselves, to gain a position they either didn't deserve at all or were simply not ready for it yet.
There were two parties that played this game and I've yet to see something to prove it wasn't a consensual one.
