# ME TOO....

As you have readed in the media.. and the other media of Facebook and etc.. there is the “#METOO” movement.

This is caused by the latest sexual harassment case of dealing with women and men of power.. Weinstein is the man of the hour this time.  We just got dealt with Crosby, and the CNN group.. including Bill OReilly.    While people are taking this serious this time.. I feel that this too shall past, as all the ones of the past have.  Flares up, people rant and rave and then it all gets thrown under the door again.  

Sexual harassment has been on the playing field since the 1940 or before in the movie industry.  Remember the phase casting couch? Where young ladies were to perform on the couch before they were giving any acting roles?

Are you old enough to remember Fatty Arbuckle?  

Marilyn Monroe did her running around the couch to get away from some of the men… There was even some stories that you probably didn’t get to read about.. some young men who were chased by some of the men.. who preferred young boys.  What you never read any of these.. then Google it.. you will see this is far from a new thing.. and some of them worse than what you are reading now.

So what do I think of the #METOO call?  I think it was a great thing for those on Facebook to do.. they didn’t want any explaination.. just the metoo.. to have a count of those who have been effected by sexual harassment over the years. I never did see if anyone actually counted them. Also I believe there were a lot of women who did not type it in.. and will not.. because those of the over 60,  have hid it away. They still live with the embarrassment, the humility of it.. the shame of it.  These men made them feel like it was their fault. Also telling them.. who are they going to believe.. you or me.. and the women knew it was him. There were threats, of harm to their families, or to themselves.  So the silence remains.. and will until their deaths.  Not even be told to their daughters or sons.. for the shame is still there.   Be it a boss, a fellow co-worker, a friend of the family, or a family member… the secret is still guarded.

So the cynic in me.. feels that this too shall pass… don’t think so?  How many years ago, did it become a law for sexual in the workplace to be reported and removed? For the meetings to explain what sexual harassment is? And so many who were turn in.. over the slightest … and nothing was really done.  No… this too shall pass.. until the next time. But it is kind of nice to see all the big shot producers, and directors.. shake in their shoes right now.. hoping and praying that their name doesn’t surface …