Perhaps @GeraldoRivera, what we are looking at is not an epidemic of allegations (are allegations a disease?) but rather the belated uncovering of a long-running epidemic of sexual misconduct by powerful men?
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Or. Hear me out here Geraldo... What has passed for "courtship" in much of American history has actually been men imposing their unsolicited desires and body parts on women who have tolerated it as a survival mechanism but with the strength of numbers, are ceasing to do so.https://twitter.com/GeraldoRivera/status/935976749766205448 …
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Maybe, just maybe the fact that a man is cordial to his peers and their family members has little to no bearing on how he treats women whose attention he feels entitled to.
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Is it possible that men whose interactions with women can be characterized by unwanted advances, suggestive statements in inappropriate settings or other consent violations might be rightly deemed predatory?
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Perhaps we might acknowledge that victims do not feel safe challenging these powerful and influential men and that your calls to report "in a timely fashion--maybe five years" just makes people wonder what happened six years ago?
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Might it be the case
@GeraldoRivera that a generation of powerful men in what you call a "flirty business" are just finally experiencing a reckoning for their roles in an industry in which involuntary objectification of the women in it has been standard?Show this thread -
Or we just gonna go with "These women are too sensitive these days?" Yeah. Now that I think about it, that DOES let men off the hook way better.
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I certainly hope we aren't ironically reading about you next week. That would be terrible.
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Oh. I see you're already familiar with rape culture. I suspect Bette Midler wasn't alone in her experience of you. But hey. "Flirty business" right?https://twitter.com/98COOLfm/status/936207782885203969 …
This old clip of Bette Midler is going viral. She says journalist Geraldo Rivera drugged and groped her in the 70's!
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The parade of men raising their voices against victims of assault in defense of the ability to "flirt" are so steeped in toxic masculinity that they didn't think they couldn't do that.
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When Trump talked about grabbing women, he wasn't admitting to a crime. He was reveling in an widely acceptable perk of being a powerful man. Having your way with women.
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Trumps chilling "I don't wait... I just kiss them" was him speaking on behalf of all of these men. On behalf of every man who believes one can earn unfettered access to women through success.
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Men should be watching this massive "epidemic" of sexual misconduct revelations and having a Usual Suspects moment where everything women have been saying their whole lives suddenly clicks into place and we realize that we are Keyser Soze.
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