Posted on 10/18/2017 11:12:34 AM PDT by arthurus
I use the word “courtesans” advisedly. The numerous young women whom Harvey Weinstein allegedly bedded are generally painted as unfortunate and unwilling victims of a sexual predator, but this is hardly the case. These women were over the age of consent. They were not mentally incapacitated. The man they decided to sleep with was not their a professor in their college course, nor a priest in their parish church, nor a judge before whom they appeared in court. They were free agents, and he was a man who was in a position to provide something that they earnestly desired.
Mr. Weinstein was a powerful gatekeeper, and was willing to open that gate to certain comely young women who wanted in. But there was an entrance fee. He made it clear to them what the price was, and they decided they were willing to pay it. No rape or coercion was involved; it was a commercial transaction.
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Luring young, naive, subordinate women into a private lair for sexual purposes rather than business ones is not making it clear beforehand.
Many such women are naturally whorish. That in no way exonerates this molester.
The two are separate and distinct.
I assumed he was a sacrificial swine to protect homoerotic pedophilia from day one.
I have not seen even one mention of Bryan Singer in the media.
Precisely. That oversight makes the entire article disingenuous.
Precisely, and they continue to do so all the time.
I don’t think sleep was involved.
Exactly. If it was rape, we wouldn't be hearing about it now, ten years after the fact, when it's the trending media topic. The police would have heard about it ten years ago when it happened.
Weinstein and his actresses aren't a case of a rapist and victims. They are a case of a very wealthy and powerful John and his client hookers. The only difference is that he paid them with careers in Hollywood instead of with cash. Is it sleazy? Absolutely, though that's the way Hollywood has operated for decades - Weinstein was just a little too ham-fisted in his approach. Is it felonious assault or rape? Absolutely not.
“Here’s your one chance Fancy don’t let me down” - Reba McEntire
(Of course, “Fancy” was 18, no longer a child)
Spouting off as if you are when you are not causes one to wonder how involved in such putrefaction you are
Well, if we're going to play the ad hominem game, the counter to this is that by supporting the unproven allegations of rape, you are aiding the agenda of radical feminists with their BS claims of "patriarchy" and "rape culture."
Are you telling me these ‘courtesans’ are now members of Harvey’s family?
hypergamy
Evolutionary Psychology theory on the instinctual desire of humans of the female sex to discard a current mate when the opportunity arises to latch onto a subsequent mate of higher status due to the hindbrain impetus to find a male with the best ability to provide for her OWN offspring (already spawned or yet-to-be spawned) regardless of investments and commitments made to a current mate.
As societal impediments (both economic and cultural) to the recission of binding monogamous relationships deteriorate, the validity of this theory is being rediscovered to the chagrin of men in the trenches and to the delight of the new social engineers up in the towers.
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