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Courtesans on the Casting Couch
Gates of Vienna ^ | 17 october, 2017 | Baron Bodissey

Posted on 10/18/2017 11:12:34 AM PDT by arthurus

I use the word “courtesans” advisedly. The numerous young women whom Harvey Weinstein allegedly bedded are generally painted as unfortunate and unwilling victims of a sexual predator, but this is hardly the case. These women were over the age of consent. They were not mentally incapacitated. The man they decided to sleep with was not their a professor in their college course, nor a priest in their parish church, nor a judge before whom they appeared in court. They were free agents, and he was a man who was in a position to provide something that they earnestly desired.

Mr. Weinstein was a powerful gatekeeper, and was willing to open that gate to certain comely young women who wanted in. But there was an entrance fee. He made it clear to them what the price was, and they decided they were willing to pay it. No rape or coercion was involved; it was a commercial transaction.

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous; Society; TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: choice; weinstein; weinsteinsexscandal
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To: arthurus

Luring young, naive, subordinate women into a private lair for sexual purposes rather than business ones is not making it clear beforehand.

Many such women are naturally whorish. That in no way exonerates this molester.

The two are separate and distinct.


41 posted on 10/18/2017 2:06:54 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyonse's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: arthurus

I assumed he was a sacrificial swine to protect homoerotic pedophilia from day one.

I have not seen even one mention of Bryan Singer in the media.


42 posted on 10/18/2017 2:10:01 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyonse's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: 2banana

Precisely. That oversight makes the entire article disingenuous.


43 posted on 10/18/2017 2:11:30 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyonse's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: Aevery_Freeman

Precisely, and they continue to do so all the time.


44 posted on 10/18/2017 2:20:37 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Americans are modern day Amorites ripe for destruction)
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To: arthurus

I don’t think sleep was involved.


45 posted on 10/18/2017 2:23:50 PM PDT by fella ("As it was before Noah so shall it be again,")
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To: arthurus
Mr. Weinstein was a powerful gatekeeper, and was willing to open that gate to certain comely young women who wanted in. But there was an entrance fee. He made it clear to them what the price was, and they decided they were willing to pay it. No rape or coercion was involved; it was a commercial transaction.

Exactly. If it was rape, we wouldn't be hearing about it now, ten years after the fact, when it's the trending media topic. The police would have heard about it ten years ago when it happened.

Weinstein and his actresses aren't a case of a rapist and victims. They are a case of a very wealthy and powerful John and his client hookers. The only difference is that he paid them with careers in Hollywood instead of with cash. Is it sleazy? Absolutely, though that's the way Hollywood has operated for decades - Weinstein was just a little too ham-fisted in his approach. Is it felonious assault or rape? Absolutely not.

46 posted on 10/18/2017 2:24:51 PM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: zerosix

“Here’s your one chance Fancy don’t let me down” - Reba McEntire

(Of course, “Fancy” was 18, no longer a child)


47 posted on 10/18/2017 4:16:36 PM PDT by BwanaNdege ("The church ... is not the master or the servant of the state, but the conscience" - Luther)
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To: ek_hornbeck
You opined: “Is it felonious assault or rape? Absolutely not.” And you are familiar with every episode? Spouting off as if you are when you are not causes one to wonder how involved in such putrefaction you are ...
48 posted on 10/18/2017 6:29:49 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: MHGinTN
A bunch of actresses prostitute themselves to a sleazy Hollywood power broker to advance their careers and cry rape 10 years later, all en masse. Forgive me for being more than a little suspicious about their claims.

Spouting off as if you are when you are not causes one to wonder how involved in such putrefaction you are

Well, if we're going to play the ad hominem game, the counter to this is that by supporting the unproven allegations of rape, you are aiding the agenda of radical feminists with their BS claims of "patriarchy" and "rape culture."

49 posted on 10/19/2017 7:33:03 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: ek_hornbeck
Well, you certainly are reinforcing suspicions.
50 posted on 10/19/2017 12:53:00 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: suijuris

Are you telling me these ‘courtesans’ are now members of Harvey’s family?


51 posted on 10/19/2017 12:54:17 PM PDT by MHGinTN (A dispensational perspective is a powerful tool for discernment)
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To: MHGinTN
LOL! My apology. I should have qualified that by refering you to the Urban Dictionary.

hypergamy

Evolutionary Psychology theory on the instinctual desire of humans of the female sex to discard a current mate when the opportunity arises to latch onto a subsequent mate of higher status due to the hindbrain impetus to find a male with the best ability to provide for her OWN offspring (already spawned or yet-to-be spawned) regardless of investments and commitments made to a current mate.

As societal impediments (both economic and cultural) to the recission of binding monogamous relationships deteriorate, the validity of this theory is being rediscovered to the chagrin of men in the trenches and to the delight of the new social engineers up in the towers.

52 posted on 10/19/2017 1:36:11 PM PDT by suijuris
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