#MeToo
While, in principle, I support the core of what the #MeToo movement is about it has disturbed me as a male with divisively treating mild harassment as if it is rape.
I thought that men of letters, more qualified than me, might speak out but the void remained unfilled.
It took French icon, Catherine Deneuve and 100 other French women, to question the #MeToo excesses.
It is important, I believe, that women can say “no” to unwanted male attention that crosses a reasonable line of acceptability and that they be free to resist men of power without harm to their careers.
On the other hand, I would not condemn a woman who chooses to use sex (as I am sure some women have) to further their careers, even though they might regret it in hindsight.
That regret does not entitle them to cry wolf after they have let the wolf into their bed or under their skirt or allowed any other favour in return for benefit. No sexual bribery should exist on either side if there is to be equality.
So, sexual consent should rule, but flirting should not be considered a crime to be reviled.
I thought that men of letters, more qualified than me, might speak out but the void remained unfilled.
It took French icon, Catherine Deneuve and 100 other French women, to question the #MeToo excesses.
It is important, I believe, that women can say “no” to unwanted male attention that crosses a reasonable line of acceptability and that they be free to resist men of power without harm to their careers.
On the other hand, I would not condemn a woman who chooses to use sex (as I am sure some women have) to further their careers, even though they might regret it in hindsight.
That regret does not entitle them to cry wolf after they have let the wolf into their bed or under their skirt or allowed any other favour in return for benefit. No sexual bribery should exist on either side if there is to be equality.
So, sexual consent should rule, but flirting should not be considered a crime to be reviled.
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