True. But Simone biles is a household name. Is it that female victims are more disposable? It’s bothering me that there isn’t more outcry.

My husband and I were talking about this very thing last night. The only thing we could come up with was, maybe people aren’t surprised? We hear so many stories about local gymnastics coaches around here, accused and arrested for abuse.

Sadly, I think you’re onto something with your last line. It may be that people aren’t more horrified, but that it happens (or, at least,is reported) less frequently.

Lock him up.

Spacey seems like the lead nominee for being the first guy to pull a Polanski since the start of the current moment.

While clearly the investigations and revelations of this are coming out when compared to the US press the stories of sexual harassment and abuse by the rich, famous, and powerful have been far less headline news which isn’t that surprising given what happened in the aftermath of the Savile child sexual abuse scandal…

Good point re: the dinner picture taking.

coercion - the practice of persuading someone to do something by using force or threats.

That’s not a real power imbalance. Aziz Ansari has some power in his own circle by virtue of his celebrity. He has no direct power over some random 22-year-old he brings to his apartment (except for, as the other commenter mentioned, physical coercion).

I agree, and I am glad that she is stepping forward.

It’s weird that it’s so common. On the one hand, it’s sort of statistically accurate. On the other, it becomes numbing. I realized how used I was to seeing women get raped when I ran into (SPOILER) that Jamie raping scene in Outlander. It was devastating to watch in a way I wasn’t accustomed to any more. Really made…

You’re right, but I think this will almost certainly be the final nail in the coffin for Woody Allen’s career. With all the actors and actress coming out apologizing for working with him, and donating their salaries, I don’t see him recovering when Dylan Farrow becomes a much larger public figure. Awareness will be so…

She is brave for doing this because she will be attacked mercilessly online.

PS: If I were a celebrity on a date, I wouldn’t bring home someone who takes pictures of dinner on a date.

I am horrified too, and I hope this sicko does life.

I certainly sympathize with your encounter. I do admit that I can’t help but wonder why this woman did not leave as soon as she become uncomfortable (or after the 3rd, 4th, or 5th time she became uncomfortable). I wonder if she had a similar situation where it was difficult for her to leave. A woman shouldn’t have to…

Look, I don’t completely disagree with you. But I’m still confused as to why she did not simply walk out the door the first time she became uncomfortable. My guess is that he was equally as confused as to why she was staying if she was not into it.

My guess is that your boundaries are respected because you are very clear about what they are. I read her description of the encounter in Babe, and I am still unclear as to what her boundaries were. It seems like they changed throughout the encounter, which is fine, but she appears to be just as confused as the reader…

I remember my last weird af sexual encounter. It was on a third date, and I’d gone to the guy’s house after dinner with the excuse of smoking pot, which he did on a daily basis, and I never do.

Huh. That actually makes sense, although they’re quite young still. Now I have to wonder whether I have to marry my best friend, and whether that will in one way or another lead to sex, and the whole thing makes me anxious.