{"id":25753,"date":"2017-10-31T03:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-10-31T03:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=25753"},"modified":"2017-10-31T03:00:45","modified_gmt":"2017-10-31T03:00:45","slug":"me-too-movement-culling-men-from-celebrity-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=25753","title":{"rendered":"‘Me Too’ movement culling men from celebrity ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The “Me Too” movement is spreading. It is inflicting plenty of casualties.<\/p>\n

To which I say, “good,” as long as the allegations have merit.<\/p>\n

The movement is spawned by the number of women around the world who have contended that men in high places — with powerful standing — have committed egregious acts of sexual harassment and abuse against them.<\/p>\n

It’s an “impressive” list of celebrities who have been taken out by these allegations: Former Fox News anchor Bill O’Reilly; his boss at Fox, Roger Ailes; legendary comic Bill Cosby; Fox News co-host Eric Bolling; MSBNC contributor Mark Halperin; Oscar-winning actor Kevin Spacey; Hollywood film mogul Harvey Weinstein.<\/p>\n

And, yep, there even have been accusations leveled against the president of the United States.<\/p>\n

Will there be more? Quite possibly.<\/p>\n

The corporate culture has for too long given men in high places a pass to conduct themselves in a disgusting manner. The “Me Too” movement came to be as women came forward to say, “me too,” that men have abused them.<\/p>\n

Of all the allegations leveled, I want to make a point about what has been said about former President George H.W. Bush, who reportedly has been accused of “sexual assault” by women who said the wheelchair-bound statesman patted them on their backside. Excuse me, but that in no way constitutes sexual assault. Indeed, the former president’s staff has acknowledged that he might have done so\u00a0 in a “good natured manner.”<\/p>\n

It’s not assault by any definition of the term.<\/p>\n

For many of the rest of them, though, the scorn they are experiencing appears well-founded, assuming that they actually did what they are accused of doing.<\/p>\n

If the “Me Too” movement culls the world of celebrities of sexual predators, then it will have accomplished much to make this world a much better place.<\/p>\n\n

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