It underscores that the problem in these situations for women isn’t just assault - it’s a sexualized power that has expectations.
It’s disgusting and Weinstein should be rightly vilified for what he has done; let’s not forget that he’s a symptom of a larger societal problem however.
I think if you took 10 random people, they'd give you 10 different answers.
(And the related problem of bystanders witnessing this behavior and failing to push back hard against it.)
Who's right?
To elaborate - Salma's ambition was to make the movie, she could've quit 100 times, but instead she put up with 100 cases of sexual harassment (100 being an artbirary large number here)
Harvey's ambition was to have sexual relations with every woman that needed him to do something for her, that he found attractive. He ignored everyone else's needs but his own in the process of fulfilling his ambition.
Seeing it from the angle of ambition, both people could've done things differently but didn't, because they were preoccupied with achieving their goals, more than achieving let's say... harmony in themselves and the world... Is that the larger societal problem? That our ambitions are small and selfish?
If there is no proof or evidence, the trial won't go the way you think it will.
The whole point is to see the greys.
Salma was after breaking out of the Mexican soap opera market, into Hollywood. That was her ambition and she was willing to put up with what she describes as an incredible amount of sexual harassment. Once she had reached fame, she didnt' lead this movement to help other women who are trying to do the same.
When you don't have a lot, you don't know any better - I will look the other way.
When you're already successful, you want MORE success, put up with a mountain of shit along the way - I can safely say you're very driven to accomplish very trivial things, because integrity and mental health are not chips you play with for more fame unless you're incredibly confused.
That's the subtle point that folks who want to paint the world black and white and get outraged by anyone who sees greys keep missing - Harvey Weinstein, Kevin Spacey, the list goes on and on, get to be creeps, because people are willing to put up with emotional abuse to 'make it'.
That aside, you do have a point. If people like Hayek would "just say no," and give up on their crazy ambitions this wouldn't ever happen. It's really that simple. That's what you are saying, right?
Same goes for dictators - Saddam Hussein had all the power, until the equation changed.
But a random iraqi soldier in the mid-80s can’t be blamed for having an ambition to not die.
So logically the first is right
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That he was comfortable making that choice, that it was seen as normal or just something that happened, that women felt their careers would be in jeopardy if they spoke up, that demanding additional sex scenes at the last minute wasn’t laughed off the lot...
... these are all symptoms of the broader social normalization of his abuse of power.
This year has been a turning point for pointing out it exists and some consequences for the individuals who do it... but it’s barely scratched the surface