Tidal wave of sexual assault-misconduct allegations list

[_Doctor CamNC4Me]

If only we had freedom to quit an oppressive work environment, to sue someone for a grievance, or to have some sort of law enforcement agency or judicial system if a crime were committed...

- Doc

[_Jersey Girl]

If only we had freedom to quit an oppressive work environment, to sue someone for a grievance, or to have some sort of law enforcement agency or judicial system if a crime were committed...

- Doc

In a perfect world, sir.

[_subgenius]

If only we had freedom to quit an oppressive work environment, to sue someone for a grievance, or to have some sort of law enforcement agency or judicial system if a crime were committed...

- Doc

In a perfect world, sir.

Please let at least one of these posts be sarcastic.

[_Jersey Girl]

Please let at least one of these posts be sarcastic.

Please let even one of your comments be remotely on topic.

[_Jersey Girl]

New development.


Excerpt only:

Hollywood heavyweights team up to declare Time's Up on sexual harassment

I like the looks of this year.

Inspired by sexual harassment stories rocking Hollywood and an open letter of solidarity from 700,000 female farmworkers, Time’s Up is a pledge. But it’s also a whole lot more.

It establishes a legal defense fund, to be administered by the National Women’s Law Center, to provide subsidized support to women and men who have experienced sexual harassment, assault or abuse in the workplace or while pursuing their careers.

It encourages Hollywood studios and agencies to strike a 50-50 gender balance of power within two years.

It clearly spells out what is sexual harassment (and what isn’t) and provides a list of groups and hotlines to turn to for help.

And it frames survivors, best of all, as a unified group of stakeholders, regardless of industry or income.
“It’s very hard for us to speak righteously about the rest of anything if we haven’t cleaned our own house,” executive producer Shonda Rhimes told The New York Times. “If this group of women can’t fight for a model for other women who don’t have as much power and privilege, then who can?”

Rhimes is one of the Hollywood heavyweights spearheading the effort. Others include actresses Ashley Judd, Kerry Washington, Jennifer Aniston, Eva Longoria, Reese Witherspoon and America Ferrera, chairwoman of Universal Pictures Donna Langley and “Transparent” creator Jill Soloway. Backers pledged $13 million for the legal defense fund, which also accepts tax-deductible donations through a GoFundMe page (http://www.gofundme.com/timesup).

They announced the initiative Monday, the first day of 2018, with an open letter on behalf of more than 300 women in film, television and theater. The letter ran as a full-page ad in The New York Times and the Spanish-language newspaper La Opinion and can be found on the Time’s Up website, http://www.timesupnow.com.

The letter begins as a response to Alianza Nacional de Campesinas, a national alliance of female farmworkers who penned an open letter in November expressing solidarity with the women and men in Hollywood who’ve experienced abuse at the hands of their employers. (“A reality we know far too well,” the farmworkers wrote.)

Then it casts a far wider net.

“To every woman employed in agriculture who has had to fend off unwanted sexual advances from her boss,” the letter reads, “every housekeeper who has tried to escape an assaultive guest, every janitor trapped nightly in a building with a predatory supervisor, every waitress grabbed by a customer and expected to take it with a smile, every garment and factory worker forced to trade sexual acts for more shifts, every domestic worker or home health aide forcibly touched by a client, every immigrant woman silenced by the threat of her undocumented status being reported in retaliation for speaking up and to women in every industry who are subjected to indignities and offensive behavior that they are expected to tolerate in order to make a living: We stand with you. We support you.”

It closes, “We remain committed to holding our own workplaces accountable, pushing for swift and effective change to make the entertainment industry a safe and equitable place for everyone, and telling stories through our eyes and voices with the goal of shifting our society’s perception and treatment of women.”

Yes, please.

I encourage anyone who’s interested in a more just world to spend some time on the Time’s Up site. Even if you’ve never been harassed. Even if you’d never dream of harassing. Even if this feels like a problem that doesn’t touch your borders, give it a look — particularly the “What You Can Do” section.
Beyond just “don’t harass people.” (Although that’s a great place to start.)

For example:

“If you are part of an organization, look at the workforce and the leadership (management, officers, board of directors). Does it reflect the market where you operate and the world we live in? If not, ask why not and do something to move it closer to that goal.”

And:

“Acknowledge that talent is equally distributed, but work and career opportunities are not. Mentor someone from an under-represented group in your industry. If you are in a position to do so, hire someone who can diversify the perspectives included in your organization; your team will be better and stronger for it.”

And:

“You can vote with your wallet: in your purchasing, in your investing and in your charitable giving. Spend or give to companies and organizations who have more equitable leadership and opportunities for all.”

All in service of one goal, clearly stated in that open letter: “Shifting our society’s perception and treatment of women.”

It’s 2018. And time’s up on the old way of doing business.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyle ... story.html

[_Jersey Girl]

Received an email from GoFundMe regarding "TIME'S UP".

"The clock has run out on sexual assault, harassment, and inequality in the workplace. It's time to do something about it."

January 1, 2018, marked the start of an unprecedented movement—TIME'S UP. Founded by women in the entertainment industry, the movement combats the power imbalances that have prohibited many women, especially women of color, from being safe and reaching their full potential in the workplace.

Now, they've launched the TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund on GoFundMe.

The TIME'S UP Legal Defense Fund will provide subsidized legal support to women and men who have experienced sexual harassment, assault, or abuse in the workplace and while in pursuit of their careers.
 
"The voices of those affected in every industry have been silenced for too long. From everyday people in the service industry, to farmers and businesspeople, to the entertainment and media industry and beyond, stand with us and let your voice be heard."
 
Over 7,000 women and men across the country have already donated more than $14 million to the fund to start 2018 on a high note. And you can help, too.

[_Jersey Girl]

Here's the GoFundMe for TIME'S UP.

https://www.gofundme.com/timesup

[_DoubtingThomas]

EAllusion,

Looking in Amazon books I saw a book that argues, "uncovered an astonishing netherworld of accused professors and students, campus witch hunts, rigged investigations, and Title IX officers run amuck. Drawing on interviews and internal documents, Unwanted Advances demonstrates the chilling effect of this new sexual McCarthyism on intellectual freedom. Without minimizing the seriousness of campus assault, Kipnis argues for more honesty about the sexual realities and ambivalences hidden behind the notion of "rape culture." Instead, regulation is replacing education, and women’s hard-won right to be treated as consenting adults is being repealed by well-meaning bureaucrats." It is a book written by Professor Laura Kipnis.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01LYS5X4O/re ... le_ext_tmb

What are your thoughts? In your view did Laura write a book full of political s***?

[_DoubtingThomas]

The Democrats could not be seen as being soft on sexism in their own party, when they using the issue to attack the GOP.

It's very dangerous politics, it can get out of control to the point of making a simple whistle illegal.

[_DoubtingThomas]

The Democrats could not be seen as being soft on sexism in their own party, when they using the issue to attack the GOP.

Sexism attacks did nothing in the 2016 elections. I do worry the Democrats will focus on sexism and Republicans on jobs during the campaigns.