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Devaluation

Posted by Dante on Tuesday, January 16 2018 at 4:34:56PM
In reply to Different approaches again posted by Hajduk on Thursday, January 11 2018 at 1:43:11PM

My problem with Deneuve's opinion lies in the same line of thinking by which you rejected the notion of a right to consent playing out rape fantasies.

If we denounce rape by evidence rather than internal state of mind ( which is ultimately unknowable to others, ) then we eliminate those whose desire it is to transfer agency to another and be ravaged.

Deneuve seems to prefer that men always take the initiative, even up to not taking an initial "no" as a final response.

To which I say, "Too bad that her fantasy depends upon the transference of agency to another."

We need to draw a line between a reasonable inquiry between peers, and pressuring others. I also think that it is unreasonable to hit on subordinates.

However, I am troubled that we appear to be slipping into a pseudo-feminist notion that women are always at a disadvantage, and that therefore there are no such things as peers.

It is one thing to deny Deneuve her preference that men always take the initiative, and another to require that only women must take the initiative.

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But as for devaluing.

At this point there is such pressure to express alliance with the movement, and such a cost to being targeted, that almost everyone in the entertainment industry is expressing solidarity; whether or not they actually do support every action taken in response.

The fact that a few insensitive guys were wearing the required badge, despite their past behaviour, is a sign that something is wrong.

One cannot simultaneously ask that Franco and Ansari refrain, while demanding that all men pledge support or join the new Blacklist.

So at this point, what should've been a movement to listen to the voices of those who had been silenced has been turned into a cacophony of voices raised in fear of reprisal drowning out the victims.

Dante

Dante
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