tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640236513023052848.post897748347989198736..comments2023-02-27T07:55:43.171-06:00Comments on Margaret's Musings: Wednesday's Word: This World in Which We LiveUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640236513023052848.post-83361411984415318232018-05-11T13:38:33.939-05:002018-05-11T13:38:33.939-05:00When the whole Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, and...When the whole Harvey Weinstein scandal broke, and I listened to some of the stories the starlets were telling...I was thinking to myself, "You had a choice. Which did you want more? Your self respect or the movie part?" They did not have to go back a second time when they found out what he wanted in exchange for the chance to be in a movie, but they did. The moment they realized they were in a hotel room with a man behaving inappropriately, they had two choices, say or go. If they choose to stay, they had a good idea what was expected of them. How is that not consent?<br />However, I am not talking about rape. But doing something one finds distasteful for a shot at fame and fortune is not rape, because there really was a choice. The Brown Recluse (TBR)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02842968253903586925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640236513023052848.post-63222861643173094842018-05-11T10:00:02.335-05:002018-05-11T10:00:02.335-05:00For the most part, I agree with you. ( And please ...For the most part, I agree with you. ( And please forgive me for butting into your comment to Margaret--I'm never quite sure when that's okay to do.) <br /><br /> But. Sometimes, women submit to a powerful person's sexual demands, because "that's the price of doing business". They feel that they have no choice, so they endure. Later, when they feel stronger, safer--they think, "You know what? That ought NOT to have been the price of doing business. That ought not to have happened." And because they are more secure, they speak out. Some do so for revenge, but most do so in order to get the abuser to stop, to spare other young women.<br /><br />It's clearer to us who have not been in that situation to see what the woman (or young man) should have done, but in the midst of the situation things feel differently.<br /><br />And, then, there are the Stormy Daniels of the world. Seriously. She earns her living with sex, had a one night stand, got paid $130,000 for it--and is now super victim. It is appalling. Don't think for one minute that I'm including that kind of thing in my remarks above.<br />Deb Willbefreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333025661115475404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640236513023052848.post-64795538252926668142018-05-10T19:42:41.777-05:002018-05-10T19:42:41.777-05:00Truth!Truth!The Brown Recluse (TBR)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02842968253903586925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640236513023052848.post-12399353336384989582018-05-10T18:56:35.001-05:002018-05-10T18:56:35.001-05:00I'd like to keep my head buried, but there'...I'd like to keep my head buried, but there's so much that needs prayer. I'm so glad I know God is in control...what do those people do who do not believe in God?The Brown Recluse (TBR)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02842968253903586925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640236513023052848.post-25624163132437626552018-05-10T18:29:28.651-05:002018-05-10T18:29:28.651-05:00Love that "Be one of the ten" quote! I&...Love that "Be one of the ten" quote! I've been praying diligently for our country to turn from it's wicked ways. I've also been praying--and sometimes wonder if I should stop!--that the hidden things of darkness would be revealed. And they are, aren't they? Sometimes I feel like I'm in some kind of appalling reality TV show. Except it's not staged, but really real.<br /><br />god is in control! Deb Willbefreehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17333025661115475404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640236513023052848.post-59299249131504838882018-05-09T23:36:02.960-05:002018-05-09T23:36:02.960-05:00Totally agree with all you wrote here. We just nee...Totally agree with all you wrote here. We just need to continue to pray and never cease in doing so.<br /><br />bettybettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06323135450742337670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640236513023052848.post-57118424753959617262018-05-09T20:36:04.216-05:002018-05-09T20:36:04.216-05:00Well said! Step on the soapbox anytime!Well said! Step on the soapbox anytime!The Brown Recluse (TBR)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02842968253903586925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5640236513023052848.post-36749660080657862832018-05-09T10:03:04.184-05:002018-05-09T10:03:04.184-05:00Amen, friend! I am so sick of hearing, seeing and...Amen, friend! I am so sick of hearing, seeing and reading of sexual misconduct amongst public officials, celebrities, teachers, physicians, coaches, normal-everyday people. It's an epidemic. And then the women who are "loose" and okay with it when it's to their advantage, yet want to complain about it when they can gain notoriety or slander for it later, just make me crazy. If you went along with it because it advanced your cause you have no right to whine about it later! That's called prostitution or worse. Sorry, not sorry! (Not those that were truly abused, that's a different story) This is just satan's work. And those that parade around with profanity and female body parts make me want to throw up. Did your mama not teach you anything? If you have no more moral compass than to show up in public with this sort of garbage, you are part of the problem. <br /><br />Where is the dignity of today's woman? We burned our bras in the 70's. We gained equal rights then, too. Stop going backwards. Work hard, be kind, speak with a clean mouth, show some class and pray. Pray harder!! This will earn our gender much more respect, money, advancement and admiration than the stupidity we are seeing right now. And for heaven's sake, allow a man to open the door or pull out a chair for you. It's his duty, you don't have to kiss him for it. We are women!! It's a privilege. <br /><br />Whew. Off my soap box now. Trishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15539793787572544197noreply@blogger.com