Her boss gave a friend a pair of panties; to another he called “my dear Edelweiss” without having anything to do with Switzerland, the peaks or the Trapp family; A third, one of those in-between positions whose function is unknown, kissed her cleavage during a company party. He apologized the next day, for the alcohol, you know. I met him days later at 8am with his wife and baby. Allies. The Rubiales never make these supposedly impulsive gestures – of which I could list dozens, because if we did a #MeNever instead of a #MeToo, we would be the first – with other men, not even with superiors, only with women, whose job stability depends on it depends on them.
They didn’t react epically, as we all like to think we would in such a situation. They were paralyzed, assessing the consequences with a speed that defies any artificial intelligence: men would think “they did something,” and many women would downplay it for fear of seeming hysterical and exaggerated. They also felt fear, although they preferred not to verbalize it, instead choosing laughter as therapy. They might steal her confidence, but not the pleasure of laughing with her friends at gross guys who think they’re seductive just by laughing. And this is what some are accusing Jenni Hermoso of, after the broadcast of a video in which she laughs at the kiss with her companions, for not choosing tears and self-pity as the cliché demands.
Do you know who can laugh at the abuse? The offender. Louis CK admitted that he forced employees to watch him masturbate. After a few months of supposed rejection, he returned to the stage and used his crime as material. Women cannot minimize their abuse to survive, men can actually monetize their abuse to live very well.
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