Big Bang Theory's Mayim Bialik Slammed For ‘Modesty’ Response To Harvey Weinstein Scandal

Actress Mayim Bialik has responded to criticism after she wrote a New York Times essay over the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

Bialik wrote of the pressure to appear attractive that she felt as a teen actress, affecting her self-esteem to this day. She added that when she returned to acting after earning a doctorate in neuroscience, she “experienced the upside of not being a ‘perfect 10.’… Those of us in Hollywood who don’t represent an impossible standard of beauty have the ‘luxury’ of being overlooked and, in many cases, ignored by men in power unless we can make them money.”

Bialik, who has been open about her embrace of Orthodox Judaism, explained that in order to protect herself, she has chosen to dress modestly and avoid flirting with men.

“In a perfect world, women should be free to act however they want,” she wrote. “But our world isn’t perfect. Nothing — absolutely nothing — excuses men for assaulting or abusing women. But we can’t be naive about the culture we live in.”

Writer and journalist Ijeoma Oluo called the piece “gross victim-blaming misogyny disguised as feminism.”

Guardian columnist Jessica Valenti wrote, “Being an awkward girl with a big nose never protected me from harassment.”

And fellow actress Patricia Arquette tweeted directly at Bialik, writing, “It is not outrageous for anyone to be expected to be treated in a professional [manner] by anyone in a professional relationship.”

In response, Bialik tweeted Sunday that “ Anyone who knows me knows that’s absurd and not at all what this piece was about. It’s so sad how vicious people are being when I basically live to make things better for women.”

Bialik will appear in a Facebook Live broadcast with the Times on Monday to discuss her piece.

” No man is ever that out of control. “

Perhaps you need to expand your thoughts, because what you wrote seems to indicate that you don’t understand human nature.

IOW - you haven’t been conned into believing that mankind is essentially GOOD - have you?

she can play a few types...but she is the classic 'best friend' of the lead character.

For some reason I find those hotter than the lead character

Mary Tyler Moore < Valerie Harper < Julie Kavner

Suzanne Somers < Joyce Dewitt

Sarah Michelle Gellar < Alyson Hannigan

When her character first showed up on BBT, I thought she ruined the show. Now she is my favorite character. If they ever got rid of her I would stop watching.

>> no one is looking to jump into bed with her.

I doubt that is true. In the first place, she may not be a Victoria’s Secret model, but she is not bad looking, and what’s more, she looks approachable, not like the kind of woman who would bite your head off for daring to talk to her.

In the second place, ask almost any “homely” or “average” woman if she has been propositioned. They will almost all say yes. Maybe not as often as the “hot” women, but all women get hit on.

And one more thing: Hooray for someone with brains! What a refreshing change from the usual vapid output from Hollywood!

Either you’re extremely naive, or we are talking about different subjects.

Do you think rape is about the need to “get release”? If so, how does that explain rapists who rape the same victim multiple times.

No, rapists RAPE because they want to, and then plan for it when they think they can get away with it.

And women who dress scantily, hit the party scene, and act like tramps are behaving UNWISELY, because they set themselves up to be victims of abuse - which I believe is the point Ms. Bialik is trying to make.

Thanks drewh.

Actress Mayim Bialik... wrote a New York Times essay over the Harvey Weinstein scandal... when she returned to acting after earning a doctorate in neuroscience, she "experienced the upside of not being a 'perfect 10.'… Those of us in Hollywood who don't represent an impossible standard of beauty have the 'luxury' of being overlooked and, in many cases, ignored by men in power unless we can make them money." ...has been open about her embrace of Orthodox Judaism, explained that in order to protect herself, she has chosen to dress modestly and avoid flirting with men. "In a perfect world, women should be free to act however they want," she wrote. "But our world isn't perfect. Nothing -- absolutely nothing -- excuses men for assaulting or abusing women. But we can't be naive about the culture we live in."

She is still a Partisan Media Shill, but that is spot on.

Also spot on is this -- Hollywood is filled with pedarasts and other homosexual predators, yet barely anything is being said about it. What's the matter, doesn't the media want to be inclusive?!? My belief is, the takedown of HW is really about edifying the dysfunctional mutual beard relationship of the Clintoooons -- see, they're not so bad, and look how WHITE MALE AUTHORITY FIGURES LIKE TRUMP blah blah blah. Speaking of white, the excruciatingly white Hitlery's misconduct is bleeding femiinsm white. Good riddance to both.

What a perv! Oh, sorry. ;’) On BBT she appears to be deliberately made to look more homely, but apart from that, she ain’t comely. Maybe it’s my age, or my disgust (and jealousy, face facts ‘Civ) at the ridiculous money they pull down on hit shows, along with realization that they’re all pathologically self-centered freaks, but I don’t find any actresses particularly attractive, at all, any more.

Kaley Cuoco Salary: $1 Million Per Episode. ...
Jim Parsons Salary: $1 Million Per Episode. ...
Johnny Galecki Salary: $1 Million Per Episode. ...
Simon Helberg Salary: $750,000 Per Episode. ...
Kunal Nayyar Salary: $750,000 Per Episode. ...
Mayim Bialik Salary: $100,000 Per Episode.
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2017/03/01/how-much-money-does-the-cast-of-the-big-bang-theory-make/21864890/

You are not getting what I was saying at all. You suggest (correctly) that these episodes are more about power and control. We agree on that.

But then you suggest that the way these women dress has ANYTHING to do with what happened to them. I think the two arguments are in conflict.

What I think we can agree on is that this guy was a predator. What I cannot understand is how these young ladies could not see what was coming at them.

We arrive at the same place in the end.

A lot of it goes back to the civil rights movement. Much in the same way that support for the dems in the northeast and midwest among blue collar white males went back to the labor movement (unions). Which means that there is hope that the demographic group can become ‘woke’ to who is actually in their corner and who is not...

Too bad the LA basin is such a terrible combination of no-go zones and freak shows, with everything under a veneer of so-called victimless crimes, because, other than the smog on occasion, the weather’s pretty nice most of the time, y’know, if you like the intermittent heat waves that probably inspired “The Towering Inferno”. ;^)

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