A Letter From The Editor
Me Too!
But, really — Who Cares?
W
hen the whole Me Too movement came
to light, I had mixed emotions.
Yeah, the thought of middle aged guys
trying to force themselves on young starlets is
beyond repugnant, but there are some aspects
of the whole, “Let’s unite, speak out and give
a medal to everyone who cries sexual harass-
ment,” that is almost as distasteful.
The question I have is why would a teen-
aged girl go to a movie producer’s hotel room,
alone, for an audition? Don’t these girls have
mothers? Don’t they have dads?
I can picture myself at 15 saying to my
father, “Daddy, I’m going alone to the hotel
room of a middle-aged movie producer to try
out for a role in his next picture. See ya.”
His reaction would not have been pretty.
When I saw that Time Magazine named
“The Silence Breakers” 2017’s Person of the
Year, I began to view the whole thing as a little
bit silly. Wait! Please don’t judge me yet — at
least hear me out first, or maybe I should say,
read me out.
I see this trend as people who want to be
a part of something — anything that will make
them feel special without doing any real work.
Wear a T-Shirt, march and suddenly you feel
like you’re Rosa Parks — without actually
doing anything that requires courage, or work
or substance.
The uber-emotional video that accom-
panies the Time Magazine announcement is
offensive. It implies that women are finally
sending a message that sexual harassment and
rape is not OK.
My problem is this — when was sexual
harassment and rape in the US ever OK?
Never.
The second problem I have with the video
was when one of the alleged victims made the
statement, “They wanted me to actually prove
that this happened to me.”
REALLY?!!! Gee, they actually want an
accuser to prove a serious charge before ruin-
ing the life of the accused? They (whoever
“they” happen to be) seem to be laboring
under the assumption that in America everyone
is innocent until proven guilty. Silly “they.”
The statements politicians have been
making about the “Me Too,” movement
include, “I believe the women.”
Really? Which women do you believe?
Until there is a trial should you believe any
and all accusers? Do you think that anyone
should be deprived of his company, his job
or his livelihood, because a woman made a
claim that he was naughty to her 10, 20, or
even 40 years ago? Should anyone lose their
career over something that, at this late date,
cannot possibly be proven beyond a r