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[physicsnut]

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@Hooty wrote:

@Pearlee, Thanks for the info, I am in awe, I guess it is the quiet ones you have to watch out for!

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     Quiet ones?  Matt Lauer was far from quiet!

[aprilskies]

We are in for a long 100 hundred years. 1 down, 99 to go.  

James Franco was just accused as well. 

[aprilskies]

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@bonnielu wrote:

Not sure if QVC will allow this post to last as it might be deemed political but so far it is here and I feel like answering it.  I haver zero tolerance for abuse of any kind.I have four daughters.  I do feel however that if one is sexually harassed  they should report it immediately  NOW and not 30 years down the road.  The reporting has become epidemic and I think it has hurt the cause. And in my case  because of my lifestyle I get hugged almost every evening... it is a common practice among square dancers.. it is called Yellow Rock and it makes you feel welcome and appreciated.  I think some of this ME TO has gone too far.   It is join the crowd... and ultimately those who need help will be  ignored.  

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ITA with you.  

[hckynut]

I will wait till I see it on FXN. Not a fan of NPR for several reasons.

hckynut(john)

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@aprilskies wrote:

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@bonnielu wrote:

Not sure if QVC will allow this post to last as it might be deemed political but so far it is here and I feel like answering it.  I haver zero tolerance for abuse of any kind.I have four daughters.  I do feel however that if one is sexually harassed  they should report it immediately  NOW and not 30 years down the road.  The reporting has become epidemic and I think it has hurt the cause. And in my case  because of my lifestyle I get hugged almost every evening... it is a common practice among square dancers.. it is called Yellow Rock and it makes you feel welcome and appreciated.  I think some of this ME TO has gone too far.   It is join the crowd... and ultimately those who need help will be  ignored.  

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ITA with you.  

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Yes, I agree if you have a job that if you do that you can just get another one. The problem with where all this is happening, is that you at blackballed from your CAREER. YOU must leave and the harasser can stay(like Weinstein). You give up your career. I guess that is fine with you. 

Im not talking about working in a normal job like we all have. I have seen a man get fired when I worked at headquarters for a major toy retailer for harassment and he was handicapped!

Did anyone see what Paul Sorvino said concerning his daughters problem? He would have ------ the ------------. She never told him so he didn't know. Her career went in the garbage because she wouldn't give in.   If you're not in a career oriented industry you can't understand.

i was a data entry clerk long ago. That happened to me. I gave him a kick in the -----. He was a boss, I got fired. No problem for me getting another job because it wasn't a career that I would be blackballed in. 

You have to weigh your options. 

[proudlyfromNJ]

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@hckynut wrote:

I will wait till I see it on FXN. Not a fan of NPR for several reasons.

hckynut(john)

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@hckynut.  Know what you're talking about. Not a fan of FXN but like NPR. All have different prospectives.

[esmerelda]

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@Hooty wrote:

@Pearlee, Thanks for the info, I am in awe, I guess it is the quiet ones you have to watch out for!

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@Hooty  I’m starting to think it’s the normal ones you have to watch out for. I’m waiting for one of the high and mighty to be outed. You know… Like Oprah has been since the award show… Pictures of her kissing Harvey Weinstein. Like she didn’t know. Please!

[just bee]

I'm mortified.  I adore James Rosen.  His William F. Buckley, Jr. impression is spot-on.

I'm also very disappointed.

[suzyQ3]

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@esmerelda wrote:

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@Hooty wrote:

@Pearlee, Thanks for the info, I am in awe, I guess it is the quiet ones you have to watch out for!

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@Hooty  I’m starting to think it’s the normal ones you have to watch out for. I’m waiting for one of the high and mighty to be outed. You know… Like Oprah has been since the award show… Pictures of her kissing Harvey Weinstein. Like she didn’t know. Please!

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@esmerelda, I don't get the seque from your first sentence to the rest of your post. "We have to watch out for the normal ones" seems to mean that you are essectially agreeing with hooty, who said we have to watch out for the quiet ones.

Okay, so we might expect some quiet and/or normal people to be accused of sexual harassment. Right?

How in the heck do you then get to Oprah and her being outed? Yes, we all know that some in the industry were well aware of his reputation but said nothing. Shame on them now in hindsight.

Seems that you're more concerned with the latter than the former. The focus should be on the aggressors first, shoudn't it?

And as others have noted repeatedly, in real life, not the rarified world of celebrities or politicians, women and men have to weigh their options about coming forward. Heck, the same could be said for many of the "little" people even in Hollywood and the halls of congress and other political sites.