This is an interesting thread, and shows there are differing angles to all of this.
Weinstein was a sexual predator. He pressured actresses into sexual activity against their will, for the promise of getting ahead in their careers in Hollywood.
On the other hand, some women may well have willingly gone along with Weinstein, for the hopes of how it would advance their careers.
I will get flamed for this, but here goes — how many women in Hollywood sought out Weinstein, and voluntarily consented to sexual activities, in order to get ahead? If some did, that does not excuse the predatory behavior of Weinstein. And I do not suggest that it does. So flame away if you like I’m not excusing the Weinsteins of the world.
But how many young women go to Hollywood, facing intense competition for a handful of starring roles, and ask themselves, and others, who do you have to know in this town to get ahead? What do you have to do, to get a leg up on the competition? Who are the power brokers? Hollywood, meaning the entertainment business, is a place where connections with the powerful can make or break a budding career.
Flame Away. I’m just asking, did any women voluntarily seek out Weinstein and other powerful men, because these were the people you needed connections with to get ahead. Just asking a question, not defending the behaviors.
If you listen to Ashley Judd, she is the most harassed, molested, assaulted, sodomized and raped woman that ever lived.
In her seriously mentally ill mind, everything is rape : the US has a rape culture, coal mining is rape, fracking is rape, drilling for oil is rape, Republicans are rapists. Everything is rape rape rape.