“Men fantasized about being him; women fantasized about sleeping with him (surely some of those men did, too). To an entire generation of aspiring television journalists, he represented the pinnacle." @brianstelter on Matt Lauer in his 2013 book TOP OF THE MORNING
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I realize you didn’t. But it’s sexist to say men wanted to be him and women wanted to sleep with him when many women in this industry would love his chair. // I just don’t think that passage ages well or reflects well on you. FWIW.
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Brian: to write that men's admiration involved a desire to emulate & women's admiration involved sexual desire is not just sexist, it reinforces precisely the entitlement a Matt Lauer brings to interactions w women: I'm a star! They must want to sleep with me! You did wrong.
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And I cringe EVERY time I read that line used about prominent men. Both because it's sexist, and because it's a cliche. Time for you to put it away. Permanently.
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Point summed up here as well:https://twitter.com/CahnEmily/status/935888770519502848 …
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She said it better than I.
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Eh. The whole quote, in entirety, sure alludes to it. IMO
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Some of the men surely fantasized about sleeping with him? Hmmmm, is there something u r not telling us Bri Bri?
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Were you one of the soy boys that wanted to be with him
#mancrusheveryday
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Talk for yourself. Don’t represent the women or the men ....I always hated him.
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You might want to back off with the lecturing here, Brian. The passage is still sexist and gross.
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Stelter you are a fn weirdo.
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He has always been creepy.
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I don’t know one woman who wants to sleep with him- of ANY profession. Stupid, uninformed quote.
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Is it because he’s bald too?
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LOL.. people dreamt of sleeping with him!?! ..... HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.. ok nerd.
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