What I read
"Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski expelled from Oscars academy" (2018) is about renown actor and director have been expelled from the US Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ,the academy which runs the Oscars. Bill Cosby was convicted of sexual assault last month while, Polanski ,who won the Oscars for the famous "The Pianist" have finally punished by the academy after the minor rape he did in 1977. This outburst of #Metoo and Time's Up movements among entertainment industries urged the academy to revise standards of conduct for its 8,400 members.
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My response
This news remind me of the pop singer "Kesha" who has been harassed and raped by her producer and label boss "Dr.Luke" for long time ,but she have enough brave to reveal her case and proceed the legal flight against him. She wrote the song "Praying" after she been though her rough and darkest time and finally gain strength and be positive. The song is about praying for people who hurt you and don't let them bring you down. This song is performed at the Grammys as a powerful message to the world about "Metoo" social campaign which is now super-controversial.
This movement is to demonstrate the widespread of sexual harassment especially in the workplace. There are many celebrities promote this movement such as Gwyneth Paltrow, Jennifer Lawrence and Uma Thurman. This is to say that women will not be silent victims anymore instead, those who offensive should be punished by the law. I believe that there will be many people step out to tell the truth and provoke more sex equality in Thailand soon.
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My question
What do you think the best way to reduce the sexual harassment and assault in our society?
How do you think about the women who shared her cases in public?
How do you think about the women who shared her cases in public?
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Reference
- Bill Cosby and Roman Polanski expelled from Oscars academy. (2018,May 3). BBC News. Retrieved from http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43994591
Women who came out with her case, of course, must have been so brave and thanks were given to all of them to break the chronic, terrible crimes off. The case that shock me the most would be in the healthcare industry, the doctor in US gymnastic team. One reason that let him continue to sexually assault women for a very very long time (I cannot remember how many years with 160 victims) probably be the silence and immaturity of his victims. It took some victims years to overcome their fear and told the truth. This might explain why most of the cases are like long history when they were exposed
ReplyDeleteI agree. It took great courage for the first women, and men, to tell the ugly truths about respected, powerful people who had abused their power over others. As I read Orn's post, I was also reminded of a trial now underway in Australia of a my country's most powerful Catholic, Cardinal George Pell, who has been accused of sexually abusing young boys many years ago. I have no idea whether he is guilty or not, but given the very bad record of priests and monks in this area, it would not surprise me. Just because people are powerful and respected by society does not mean that they deserve that respect, and many such people have clearly been monsters who used their social positions to commit great evil against those under them.
DeleteI am very glad that the brave #MeToo women and men spoke up, even though this sometimes leaves me unsure whether to continue to enjoy some great art: Kevin Spacey has been proved to be an awful man who abused young male actors, but his acting is still great. But this is perhaps common. I've heard that Picasso, my favourite artist of all time, was also a pretty rotten man in his treatment of the women in his life, but that does not reduce the beauty of his art. Perhaps it reminds us that it's important to have a balanced, well-informed knowledge of people in the public eye, who are often complex mixtures of both good and bad.