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OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks agoI love that you think it’s a generational thing.
And you call people who call out DRASTIC POWER DYNAMICS as prudes. Dude. Do you remember being 20-22? You know she JUST got the right to drink, right? Even if there was a personal interest in Bill Clinton sexually, the dynamic makes any sexual contact inappropriate while he’s her boss. Don’t tell me you think all those stories of 20-something secretaries sleeping with their boss were all consensual love affairs?
Canconda@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
How do you not realize that your exact attitude is what the GOP exploited at the expense of Monica?
OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Consent in an imbalanced power dynamic is not always recognized as consent.
Sure, the girls that Louis CK jerked off in front of didn’t scream and run out of the room, but they WERE placed in an inappropriate situation with someone who held the keys to their career. And what did we as a society do? We lambasted him for being weird and not understanding that dynamic, and his career has yet to really recover. He didn’t rape anybody, no, but he sure did abuse his power over those people. Are these similar situations, in your opinion?
Canconda@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The women with Louis CK said it was not consensual. Monica said she didn’t understand how inappropriate it was, but it was consensual. That is the difference here.
To the benefit of absolutely fucking nobody; especially Monica.
Like not only did you guys embarrass yourself on the national stage, give fuel to the right wing media apparatus, subject Monica to a life of infamy, undermine the progress of your own administration; you guys accomplished fuck all for real victims of sexual violence … or else why would you be bringing up Louis CK?
Tinidril@midwest.social 2 weeks ago
Consensual means we have no basis for demanding he stand trial for rape. Squeaking past that bar doesn’t say anything good about his moral character. He should not have been impeached, but he should have been run out of the Democratic party on a rail.