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I read one interesting narrative on the Harvey Weinstein story that was good enough that indulge me as I share.

First, let us all agree that women will not faint with lust as Harvey Weinstein enters a room. The guy is ugly and while he could attract a female, maybe one....he’s no Tom Cruise or such.

The writer said that the reason this goes on in Hollywood so much is that Hollywood doesn’t have to do a GOOD job. The writer then provided some examples of really bad movies that never should have been made. One example was the female ghostbuster movie.

Hollywood plays on the emotions, not on good and bad, stellar and awful. Lots of Americans, as young people, loved the ghostbuster series and it’s the memories they wish to recreate as they attend the show.

So a Harvey Weinstein, along with being very unattractive, can finance crap turd movies and the concept of putting out good stuff falls to the wayside.

No, those women who tolerated Weinstein’s crap should have spoke up.

But I never said a word to anyone over my father-in-law and VP of my union.

In fact, insert smile here, I think you are the first people I ever shared this with.

You can believe if I should ever run into that moron again I’d be sure to mention it....loudly, embarrassingly so.

And I am not alone. My beauty does not astound the powerful males in my surround to grasp my private parts.

I am a woman. And a powerful man thinks that makes me subject to his wishes.

I’m betting lots, even the majority, of women have had incidents of groping.

Groping from a guy you’re making out with is one thing.

Having your father-in-law stick his hand up your skirt is quite another.

I am a woman. And a powerful man thinks that makes me subject to his wishes.

Here's where I strenuously disagree with you.

A powerful MAN doesn't do this, or even think of doing this.

A real MAN is not a sexual ogre, even if he becomes artistically/financially/intellectually/physically/politically powerful.

PLEASE don't, Dear Pat, fall into the same trap of identity politics besieging our network.

Thank God that most conservative men in the USA, including the powerful, are gentlemen first and foremost.

My point is that there are women (and men) who will do anything to get ahead. These Hollywood harpies allowed or even encouraged Weinstein to do what he did in order to further their careers. Prostitutes do something similar. Now, they are hypocrites who have reaped the rewards and join the chorus in castigating Weinstein when in fact they were enablers. And the reality is that this has been going on for a very long time in Hollywood and will continue.

Actors are usually very insecure and fragile. Very few make it big in a highly competitive process to get a role in a film or on TV. Rejection is almost a daily fact of life. Remember the movie All About Eve?