Sexual Harassment of the DAY
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- robotron3k0
Time to name some names...
Taxpayer piggy bank lets Congress settle sexual harassment cases in secret
WASHINGTON — A senior Senate staff member is accused of trying to tug open a junior aide’s wrap dress at a bar; she said he asked why she was “holding out.” A former aide says a congressman grabbed her backside, then winked as he walked away. A district worker said a House member told her to twirl in a dress for him, then gave her a bonus when he liked what he saw.
As the nation at large deals with lurid stories of sexual harassment, Congress is only beginning to grapple with tales of sexual aggression that have long been fixtures of work life on Capitol Hill. On Tuesday, the Committee on House Administration will convene a hearing on harassment in Congress, putting the halls of the Capitol under scrutiny alongside the hotels of Hollywood, the kitchens of New Orleans, the board rooms of Silicon Valley and the suites of New York’s media giants.
- PonyBoy-3
Bryan Cranston says we should be open to forgiving Harvey Weinstein and Kevin Spacey
https://www.avclub.com/bryan-cra…
"“His career now, I think, is over,” actor Bryan Cranston said recently of Spacey, in an interview that captured what a lot of people seem to be feeling. “He’s a phenomenal actor but he’s not a very good person... It would take time, it would take a society to forgive them, and it would take tremendous contrition on their part,”"
- Someone get my torch and pitchfork.pango
- fuck all thatGuyFawkes
- If they turn their lives around and do something good for society, sure. No reason to forgive them just because.bainbridge
- ^ yeah how do you measure progress other than "not do it again".cannonball1978
- Don't think Cranston said anything outrageous here - certainly not in keeping with the headlineFax_Benson
- Weinstein might go to jail too.bainbridge
- They're both multi-millionaires who don't have to work if they don't want to.bainbridge
- After he serves his time then the public might consider forgiving him.pango
- I think Cranston makes very obvious statements when really the press are the one's sensationalising things. "It's a societal problem, not just Hollywood"Ianbolton
- If we're never going to forgive them, or at least learn from their mistakes we may as well bring back the death penalty!!Ianbolton
- i_monk3
Brand New postpones tour as another woman shares accusations against Jesse Lacey
- Brand New...Accusationschukkaphob
- Ohhhh cmon! I like that band! Uggghhh
O well.pango
- chukkaphob3
NBC Fires Top Booking Exec for ‘Inappropriate Conduct’ With Women
- colin_s0
It's cool that this is finally happening, but much like Black Lives Matter, I fear that this is the media using the hype of anti-Trump-ism to finally let a few stories through the cracks that would otherwise be stifled airtime-wise.
Cops haven't suddenly changed to be 'the good guys,' nor has any real reform been seen. People of color are still, and perhaps moreso now, are still subject to the law enforcement of America... it's just last year the cameras seemed to care more.
This will go on for another month but I'd imagine by the new year, the media will move on to cover something else that gets big attention as a moral issue, and then forget about it.
That's the interesting thing to me about all of this - that we're looking at power dynamics between individuals and finally exposing them, and hopefully doing the best to tear them down. Yet the true power dynamic is between the cultural narrative at large and those responsible for overseeing the systems that perpetuate it.
Weinstein is probably the only name on this list that matters to anyone outside of the individual victims, because it isn't just a guy losing his career but an industry taking a hit. That shit doesn't happen much.
(For those who might say "But social media will care ...", I'd say that there have been many mass shootings that social media cares about that the powers that be stop the flow of information for.)
- It has nothing to do with trump. He was accused of sexual misconduct by 20 women though.monospaced
- You don't think the media hype of left-populist stories in the past year had anything to do with the shock of the election?colin_s
- Like I'm as far left as they come and this is popcorn season in terms of watching the powerful eat shit, but there's obviously more than retweets happeningcolin_s
- maybe but I recall this kind of hype for years on both sides ... I wouldn't give so much credit to how low trump has set the bar for human decencymonospaced
- I think it more has to do with news directors using anti-Trump stories as tentpoles for ad revenue. But I'm cynical as fuck about the journalism industrycolin_s
- they weren't starving for ad revenue before Trump ... he simply gives them a lot of shit to report on, because he's an ass clown of epic proportions, daily.monospaced
- sarahfailin-2
- EMINEM got fucking oldRamanisky2
- MSM?i_monk
- Mouvement Socialiste Militant
(militant socialist movement)PonyBoy - lol. yeah. clearly a conservative meme, but still... has a point.sarahfailin
- chukkaphob4
"Roman Polanski Sexually Assaulted Me When I was 10, The Academy Must Kick Him Out!"
https://www.thepetitionsite.com/…
Marianne Barnard, an artist from Santa Barbara, California, has now launched a petition calling for him to be removed from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
by: Marianne Barnard, artist
target: Academy Awards"Five women, including myself, have accused Polanski of sexual assault:
- In 1977, Polanski pled guilty and was convicted of the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl, Samantha Geimer. He served 42 days in jail, and as part of an apparent plea bargain, was to be put on probation. When he learned the judge had changed his mind and planned to reject the plea bargain and put him in jail for 50 years, he fled to Paris. As a French citizen, he has been protected from extradition and has lived in France since.
- In 2010, British actress Charlotte Lewis, who appeared in Polanski's 1986 film "Pirates," accused him of "forcing himself" on her in 1982 in Paris when she was 16.
- Robin M went public in Los Angeles County in August 2017 with her claim that Polanski sexually victimized her in 1973 when she was 16. She said she told a friend about the incident the next day, then did not speak to anyone else about it for more than 40 years. She initially feared that her father would "do something that might cause him to go to prison for the rest of his life". Robin M will not publicly discuss details of her case.
- In Oct. 2017, a German woman filed a complaint to Swiss authorities saying Polanski had raped her at his house in Gstaad when she was 15."
- This shit is old but still the hardest to understand! How is this cunt still at large!Hayzilla
- Thing is this idiot would have probably been in and out of prison and onto his 3 or 4th Academy Award by now if he had just stayed put and owned upPonyBoy
- (I was being facetious btw) :) Doesn't he technically have like 6 or 7?PonyBoy
- chukkaphob5
The Independent deleted this 2009 op-ed by Harvey Weinstein defending Roman Polanski.
Archived Version: http://bit.ly/2ABESaZ
- chukkaphob4
The Gaslamp Killer sues rape accusers for defamation
Last month, a Twitter user named Chelsea took to the platform to share a story that took place in Los Angeles in 2013, accusing The Gaslamp Killer of allegedly drugging and raping her and her friend.
Now, the DJ (real name William Bensussen) has retaliated by suing both women mentioned in the story (Chelsea Tadros and RaeAn Medina) as well as Chelsea's boyfriend (who helped share the story) for up to $5 million for defamation.
Chelsea's boyfriend, who apparantly fabricated the story, is what Playboy describes as "Meme-Lord Jack Wagner is the Millennial Andy Kaufman"
- basically, any man living in LA with a minimum success, is a rapist.ApeRobot
- used to know him. hard to believe. i don't think ive ever seen him drink. hes always working. never took him as a pussy hound. im suspicious.shellie
- hes kinda known for being a really soft, nice fuckin guy. off stage, really super chill.shellie
- PonyBoy2
Elected officials apparently feel they personally need sexual harassment training:
Senate passes resolution requiring mandatory sexual harassment training
- robotron3k-14
- CALLES5
- would you 'get off my back' already?
(≧◡≦)PonyBoy - !!! Lolpango
- don't touch that baby like that!monospaced
- Lolsince1979
- Suttklut. She still around?Hayzilla
- Nope. She lost her password. Didn't want to bother to come back.pango
- she just had a babymonospaced
- Someone sent her a dick pic no?Hayzilla
- Then she got a babypango
- 2 events not related.pango
- @Hayzilla, yeah that happened.Continuity
- Not just any dick pic tho...pango
- Old fashioned, but i'd say if your only contribution to a 98% lads forum is purely sexual you gotta expect a dick pic at some point!Hayzilla
- would you 'get off my back' already?
- CALLES1
i've been harassed by most of you for 11 year. pony boy... still hurts
- ponyboy is coolfadein11
- If I harassed you... I honestly don't recall. My memory lapse isn't because I don't care ... chances are you just weren't that 'good'. :DPonyBoy
- lol... thx, fade <3
I love all of you...and I promise to equally harass you but also make sure to spend time on each of individually as well. No more favorites.PonyBoy - MAKE PONY FAMOUSE!!pango
- did PonyBoy call you a douche?chukkaphob
- just you, chunkybob <3PonyBoy
- @PonyBoi :-*chukkaphob
- who hasn't been harassed by the boi?renderedred
- DonkeyBoyApeRobot
- No lube?since1979
- donkey showsarahfailin
- chukkaphob2
New Roy Moore accuser, Beverly Young Nelson, claims he assaulted her in locked car when she was 16
- PonyBoy-2
I'm surprised this one didn't make it in here yet...
Jeffrey Tambor Being Investigated By Amazon On Sexual Harassment Claims; Actor “Adamantly” Denies Allegations
http://deadline.com/2017/11/jeff…
Srsly tho... has anyone see this FUCKING SHOW??? The entire script is 'sexually harassing'... ... and beyond funny... but ffs... maybe Hollywood should just fire themselves across the board and start over. :/
- Ianbolton0
Danish authorities investigating claims of sexual abuse at Lars Von Trier's studio Zentropa
https://www.theguardian.com/film…
Interesting that Von Trier isn't named in this, considering the nature of his films, but I guess that means he works on a level of trust that everyone feels comfortable with?
- Bjorne said Von's behavier was insanely inappropriate during production of dancer in the dark. She never worked with him after.pango
- sted4
- i_monk1
DC Comics Editor Fired Following Sexual Assault Claims
- utopian2
- look at this punchable facechukkaphob
- dude's actually cool as fuck... and fun to beat at cards cuz he keeps coming back for more (my brother has knocked him out of more than one poker tournament)PonyBoy
- "cool as fuck?" really? tell us more, just because your brother played poker w him. SMH.chukkaphob
- “James Woods...wanted to take us to Vegas. ‘I’m 16’ I said. ‘Even better’ he said.”chukkaphob
- @PonyBoy nope, that doesn't make him "cool as fuck"chukkaphob
- lol... fuck off, chukk... just relating the few experiences my 'bro' has had w/him in public.PonyBoy
- ...and I'm talking literally 'days' of sitting together yammering on for hours playing poker... so.. yeah...he's 'cool as fuck' to my brother :)PonyBoy
- smh... forgot to add that.
will you grip and jerk my hand please, chukky? :)PonyBoy - you da man, Pony Boy! I'll buy you a pint, no doubt. This ain't about you!chukkaphob
- stay gold, Pony Boy http://images5.fanpo…chukkaphob
- at least you said 'stay gold' and not 'stay golden'... you get points tho you've really outed yourself as a douche today... this can only get fun from here :)PonyBoy
- PonyBoy is basic. He played himself.canoe
- I should have said "he has always been cool as fuck"... but yeah... basic :)PonyBoy
- Jesus. You ARE basic. You didn't even get the reference??? Why is your handle @PonyBoy? SMH.chukkaphob
- https://www.youtube.…chukkaphob
- SMH.chukkaphob
- I take it back. Not getting you a pint. You're buying :)chukkaphob
- chukk... I read that book inside and out about 50 times in my teens... did you not note that I gave you props for NOT saying 'stay golden'? :)PonyBoy
- 99/100 folks say 'Stay golden, PonyBoy." HInton must roll in her grave about a thousand times a day.PonyBoy
- ... and you go ahead and hold your breath... I'll go get that pint for you. ;)PonyBoy
- Ah shoot. Missed that! My bad. Second round of pints on me. First one you still owe for douchey reference. Grab me a cold one, please :)chukkaphob
- FINE... I'll buy the first round... but you were kind of a douche... I was just relating a story and 'current feelings' toward a person. :)
<3PonyBoy - there's only one in this convo who's being douchey, and it ain't @canoe or me ;-)chukkaphob
- okay... we agree.... utopian is a douche
:)PonyBoy - I KIIIIIIIIDDDD ffs... can't you douche's take a joke?
<3 <3 <3 <3PonyBoy
- Al_dizzle-3
- let's not encourage Bindegal out of the gif threadFax_Benson
- k sorry.Al_dizzle
- Lol commentspango