The 'me too' movement

Post by **stui magpie** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:09 pm

That's a Looooooong time to wait to make a complaint.

The 60's and 70's was a different world to now, even the 80's.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandy_Smith

It's entirely probable that it's true

Post by **David** » Tue Aug 17, 2021 12:14 pm

Post by **David** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 10:49 am

Post by **stui magpie** » Wed Oct 06, 2021 8:51 pm

Unsurprising really considering the large proportion of Lesbians in female team sport.

The shower comments are interesting, I thought the old communal showers after training were a relic from the 80's.

I remember U14's footy, guys were at massively different stages of development from bald as a badger to hairy as a bear, you just got in the shower, grabbed a cake of communal soap covered in pubes and washed the mud off.

I completely get how a teenage hetro female would have struggled with overt sexual harassment like that described by other females

Post by **David** » Thu Oct 07, 2021 9:49 am

Post by **think positive** » Thu Oct 07, 2021 1:06 pm

gees thats bloody disgusting

- and the pubes in the soap. ugh. thanks dont need lunch now!

Post by **David** » Wed Oct 27, 2021 1:48 pm

pietillidie · Post by **pietillidie** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 1:22 am

I can't belive I missed this, but I only just realised that famed philosopher John Searle was stripped of his titles and sent packing after one of apparently a string of sexual harassment complaints finally broke through. It was the classic abuse of authority scenario, overlooked' by UC Berkeley as he was a global star in his 80s.

I'm not into film and celebrity, and scumbags don't surprise, but this took me by surprise as I had read quite a lot of his work and had just looked up some of his arguments on the mind and consciousness again, only to discover this. Sounds like he was an outright abusive creep and likely for years, not a mere garden variety sleaze.

Very disappointing.

Here's an original news report, but a lawsuit followed and he was sent packing in disgrace in 2019: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2017/03/23 ... -cal-aide/

Post by **David** » Tue Jan 04, 2022 10:54 pm

roar · Post by **roar** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 1:52 pm

I always try to separate the art from the artist but it's not always easy to do, which is also why I don't try to find out too much about the people I admire, work-wise.

Post by **nomadjack** » Wed Jan 05, 2022 8:51 pm

roar · Post by **roar** » Thu Jan 06, 2022 10:23 am

Ha ha ha, that's brilliant!

Post by **David** » Tue Aug 02, 2022 11:50 am

Post by **David** » Fri Oct 21, 2022 10:13 am

Interesting. Not the only thing Spacey was accused of (various adult men claimed that he had groped or assaulted them), but it was certainly the most sensational allegation and probably the one that led most directly to his downfall and literal erasure from the film he was working on:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... ry-verdict

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The 'me too' movement