In the past 24 hours, I've read three things about asshole men and the women they keep trying to destroy. One is an ongoing thing, but the other two are new.
The first bit was from Lena Headey who plays Cersei Lannister on Game of Thrones. In an interview, she mused about the possibility that her career was sidelined for a decade because she refused to have sex with Harvey Weinstein. He'd propositioned her and she made it quite clear she wasn't interested. After that, acting roles became difficult for her to get. She knows it's possible that it was just her luck, but you have to wonder.
The next article was about how one of the biggest names in anime dubbing is getting exposed for his questionable behavior. This is one of those situations, like with Weinstein, where people knew about it, but mostly just kept it quiet, tried to warn potential targets, and do their best to keep him from bothering people because they knew little would be done to him. Basically, the #metoo movement had to happen before anything even came into the light.
The last article was over a variety of videogame streamers who are causing problems. One of them was recently arrested in a sting opp where he tried to get an underage girl to have unprotected sex with him. The article then went on to discuss various other streamers who have tried stuff with fans and the problems it is causing.
A lot of people will focus on the victims here and discuss everything they did wrong. I have some agreement with this, but ONLY to the extent that I believe we should better educate people about consent, about what they're comfortable with, about when NOT to make compromises, and about how to view situations as dangerous.
On the other hand, all of that in no way negates the behavior of the men who preyed on their fans. These people were your fans or coworkers or people you were working with during a con or people who reached out to you because of charity work. They're not your groupies. They're not just there for potential hookups. They're not to be toyed with and tormented and treated like hell just because they happen to reside in the bodies you find attractive. If it involves your JOB, if it is connected to your JOB, if you meet this person through something related to your JOB, then it's best to consider them off limits for anything sexual. People always bitch about how these poor men are losing their jobs and positions when this stuff comes out, but in many cases, they used those jobs and positions as a means to prey on others in the first place.
Seriously. If you're that rich and that successful and still lonely? Just do the proper thing and hire a matchmaker to find you someone. Oh, but then again, it isn't really relationships most of these people are looking for, is it?
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