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Originally Posted by 81MC
I’m really not liking where this is going. From women who have endured sexual assault, abuse, and harassment to whatever this is now?
####, news flash. When people break up, generally it’s because someone wasn’t a good fit for the other. Like what is the actual claim here?
This I just don’t get. Yeah, you guys had a relationship, you didn’t like it and you’re no longer together. #### me.
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Maybe it’s time to step back and ask yourself why you seem more upset about people speaking up than the content of the stories they tell.
I say this with only good intentions because I 100% don’t believe you do it maliciously, but with Manson it was a bad relationship, with Whedon it was a bad boss, with Good it’s a bad breakup. You seem to find some excuse to brush things off and in all cases, blame the women coming forward for not making better choices at the time or sucking it up.
You can disagree with the consequences (for example, just based on what Maher’s story is, I don’t think an appropriate punishment is being dropped from your label, but I also understand why companies quickly distance themselves from these guys) but I still think it’s worthwhile to listen, and I really think you should start doing that. The fact that we don’t think mental and emotional abuse is a big deal is a horrible thing. Manson’s case obviously went beyond that and was physical and sexual in nature, but still, it’s worth asking yourself: Am I ok with people mentally, emotionally, physically, or sexually abusing their partners? I have to assume the answer for you is no to all of the above, so why do you make those things sound more acceptable than coming forward about them?
And I get that the fact that it was “consensual” in some of these cases might seem ok, but love and attachment cloud a lot of things. Sometimes it takes being separated from someone to see the situation and the impact it had on you clearly.