This Harvey Weinstein fellow; he's clearly something of a knob.

[Peter]

Wearing a dressing gown isn't the same as trying to force someone to have sex with you, w.

Indeed. These women were offered a career fast track and are now complaining about it.

There is no pleasing some people.

[Pokster]

Well if it was something like a Yucca or a cheese plant, it would at least be reasonably wipe-clean.

Squirts his mucca on the yukka

We need a Profumo with 10 favourite pot plants to come on

[SWv2]

Indeed. These women were offered a career fast track and are now complaining about it.

There is no pleasing some people.

Key word here Pedro.

[Burney]

Indeed. These women were offered a career fast track and are now complaining about it.

There is no pleasing some people.

The ones who did take this route are keeping pretty schtum about it, naturally.

Although this article from 2015 names some names.

http://defamer.gawker.com/tell-us-wh...sec-1695071092

And this more recent effort

https://www.lipstickalley.com/thread...nstein.800019/

[Ash]

Indeed. These women were offered a career fast track and are now complaining about it.

There is no pleasing some people.

If I thought you were being serious, the logical outcome of this would be that those women who submit to sleaze-bags and screw their way to the top will do so at the expense of those who don't. A system which seems to ecapsulate and reward prostitution and sexual predatism.

[Burney]

If I thought you were being serious, the logical outcome of this would be that those women who submit to sleaze-bags and screw their way to the top will do so at the expense of those who don't. A system which seems to ecapsulate and reward prostitution and sexual predatism.

Errr....yes. You didn't think the infamous 'Hollywood Casting Couch' was a myth, did you? It's been going on the best part of a century.

[Sir C]

If I thought you were being serious, the logical outcome of this would be that those women who submit to sleaze-bags and screw their way to the top will do so at the expense of those who don't. A system which seems to ecapsulate and reward prostitution and sexual predatism.

One could see it as the ultimate in meritocracy, of course; making the best use of one's natural gifts and talents.

[Burney]

One could see it as the ultimate in meritocracy, of course; making the best use of one's natural gifts and talents.

I'm slightly perturbed that p has been under the impression that Hollywood is a place of rigid moral scruple where no-one would ever dream of exchanging sexual favours for success, tbh.

[Ash]

Errr....yes. You didn't think the infamous 'Hollywood Casting Couch' was a myth, did you? It's been going on the best part of a century.

Precisely. I hope this scumbag is the first of many to be brought down. #draintheswamp

[redgunamo]

The thing is, that industry is full of horrible, ugly men who probably spent most of the first 20-odd years of their lives being rejected by women, so when they finally get a bit of power over women, they exploit it mercilessly. This age-old phenomenon can hardly come as a surprise to anyone, can it?

It's essentially the same as in any other industry you can name, in fact. This is slightly different though, because of Hollywood's oft-stated sanctimoniousness and holier-than-thou .. ness on such issues.