I dislike the fact that so many women use the man and now that other women speak out they join the bandwagon because it's the thing to do. Where was their morals when they accepted the parts and received millions of dollars?
It's hard not to think of this when looking at the situation as a whole. I think only the blackest pill Roosh V fanboi would respect anything Weinstein's been doing but on the other hand, I'm seeing incredible hypocrisy in every account of what these actresses explain happening, the worst? (well marginally, they're mainly all totally deplorable)
Lea Seydoux wrote an actual "article" as a featured guest journalist for the Guardian, which is a glorified FB post to be honest, but every single woman who talked about it has the same consistent story with the same themes, and it always starts out like this:
He was charming, funny, smart – but very domineering. He wanted to meet me for drinks and insisted we had to make an appointment that very night. This was never going to be about work. He had other intentions – I could see that very clearly.
We met in the lobby of his hotel...
You did what?! And it just moves on without a second thought. No explanation needed for some reason, no thought process, as an adult she could tell he was lecherous, domineering, possibly dangerous, and without explaining a second thought she's meeting him alone.
No wait she wasn't alone at this point, there was at least his assistant:
His assistant, a young woman, was there. All throughout the evening, he flirted and stared at me as if I was a piece of meat. He acted as if he were considering me for a role. But I knew that was bullshit. I knew it, because I could see it in his eyes. He had a lecherous look. He was using his power to get sex.
He invited me to come to his hotel room for a drink. We went up together. It was hard to say no because he’s so powerful. All the girls are scared of him. Soon, his assistant left and it was just the two of us. That’s the moment where he started losing control.
At this point in the lobby she at least has a (biased) witness and presumably there's staff. In her mind she's 100% sure he's not considering her for a role, she has therefore no need to be around him furthermore, so why even continue drinking in the hotel lobby?
Oh, because instead, you can go up to this lurching creeps hotel room and have a drink there. That's why.
But as each story starts out with "I knew exactly what he wanted and it wasn't for my acting - so there we were alone in his hotel room" it concludes with the guilt they actually seem to impose on everyone -
except themselves as "victims" who were adults making stupid decisions at the chance of making money.
Everyone could see what he was doing. That’s the most disgusting thing. Everyone knew what Harvey was up to and no one did anything.
In her own words that's so disgusting, and she writes about other stories where she sees him perving on other young actresses openly, but says "no one did anything" well, you really need to acknowledge that despite your "traumatic" near-miss you did not do anything either. And in that same vein and taking the attention upon yourself to write about it, acknowledge that you were disgusting as well (if that's how you choose to describe it).
But like other actresses such as Delevingne she refuses to point at all the people who let this happen and feel no guilt over the fact it was so traumatic, that they sat back and watched it happen.
Fine Seydoux, no remorse over the past, but now this has opened your soul, surely you can shape the future?
It’s very common to encounter these kinds of men.
The first time a director made an inappropriate comment to me, I was in my mid-20s...
Another director I worked with would film very long sex scenes that lasted days...
Yet another director tried to kiss me...
They're all perverts and continuing their horrendous behaviour upon young actresses but hey, she respects their anonymity. Just like she did with Weinstein, and not a shred or hypocrisy is felt.
It's not just Seydoux it's been consistently like this with every actress who went into detail.
1- I knew he was a creep so I went to his room
2- it's sick how nobody has said anything until now
3-
other directors are still out there doing this right now and nobody is saying who they are!!!
Overall this is in no way black-and-white as to how we should treat such a disgusting guy like Weinstein, and I think even those who resent women to some degree, will also resent how pathetic he is as well that he uses his power and influence to bully them into sex (if only as it inflates their worth and ego lol).
But there's absolutely no reaction or thought put into what allows him to behave like this in the first place and think it's perfectly acceptable. It's because in a fame seeking superficial world, which is nothing short of horrible the more anyone gets close to knowing the real side of it, women (and people in general) will throw all morals and reasoning out the door in an instant to get ahead, even if it's the cheap and easy way.
Side note: I wouldn't be f*****g surprised if half these women actually did suck him off. Every single one talks about all the other actresses he's fucked
except them, it's kind of interesting how Weinstein must view this "it's probably better she didn't say it, phew, but on the other hand.. damn I f*****g hit that sh*t and nobody will ever know".
But these actresses would rather go down the dignified "but I changed my mind and tried to escape" route.
Now the guilt's kicked in for how they got ahead in their careers, and that was by making a decision to engage sexually as a consenting adult, with another more than consenting adult. And we forget that as well, in most of these cases Weinstein didn't actually do anything illegal, unless it's illegal to attempt to kiss a woman who goes back to your hotel room for drinks. (though there are other alleged sexual assaults which are in a different category, and clearly should be taken seriously).
Anyway if this brings anything good, it's the tip of the iceberg for everything the "casting couch" has always been about, and we'll get actresses that are talented, and less shitty actresses in our feature films like Cara Delevingne (Lea Seydoux is awesome though).
And another good thing is the hilarious scene we'll get from Delevingne's recounting in the inevitable made-for-TV re-enacment:
When I arrived I was relieved to find another woman in his room and thought immediately I was safe. He asked us to kiss and she began some sort of advances upon his direction. I swiftly got up and asked him if he knew that I could sing. And I began to sing....i thought it would make the situation better....more professional....like an audition....i was so nervous.
Absolutely meme-worthy already.