This is actually happening.
The so-called “revelations” about endemic male sexual aggression in
Hollywood, in the media, in politics, in the tech world, and in
communities large and small have not stopped, despite every conceivable
effort to dismiss, discredit, shame, and belittle the survivors coming
forward to demand a different world.
The most uncomfortable revelation
is the fact that none of this, really, was that revelatory.
A great many people knew. Maybe they didn’t know all of it, but they
knew enough to feel tainted by a complicity that hobbled their
compassion.
It turns out that this isn’t about individual monsters. It never was.
This is about structural violence, about a culture that decided long
ago that women’s agency and dignity were worth sacrificing to protect
the reputation of powerful men and the institutions that enabled their
entitlement. Everyone, including the “good guys,” knew it was happening.
We just didn’t think it was all that wrong. At least, not wrong enough
to make a fuss about, because the people groping their callous, violent
way through life knew they’d get away with it, and most of the men
around them were permitted the luxury of ignorance.
Except that now....... Click To Read
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