Sexual magnesism

Alien fornication is the most boring in the world, said Akhmatova. Harvey Weinstin is no exception. He did not invent anything particularly new in this part and even, perhaps, was monotonous. There are as many such status males in America. They do not rape anyone. They can help - and help - with a career. Generously pay for silence. And they consider themselves in their right, as we learned from the "conversation in the male locker room": if you are rich and influential, few will refuse you. In essence, these mouse stallions are not so much and necessary.

Engage in moralizing on this occasion? “Beware of morally indignant people,” wrote Nietzsche. “They are inherent in a sting of a cowardly, hidden even from them themselves.” In a violent reaction to the scandal, the narrow -minded bicamera is surprised primarily: you poisoned Trump and Bill O'Reili - now admire the icon of liberalism. Winstin himself considers himself a victim of the "Right Clipstation". “Harvey Weinstin and the death of liberal America” - this is how the text of one of the moralists who accuse the democrats of hypocrisy is entitled: everyone knew everything, but they were silent, and the Barak and Michelle Obama were also arranged for the internship.

Yes, he was a powerful sponsor of the Democrats, and now the recipients of his contributions to sacrifice these funds for charity (but for some reason they do not return Weinstin). However, no icon of liberalism was not. It’s just that Hollywood traditionally supports the Democratic Party, because it is against censorship. Weinstin is a successful producer who knows how to evaluate the prospects of the project and knows how to extract maximum profit from it. If he was guided by his political views, he would never have achieved such success. Most likely he simply does not have these views.

Harvey Weinstin offers an explanation of his behavior: he is not able to control his "demons", does not control his sexuality. He, according to him, tried to take control of his impulses for ten years, but the attempts were in vain. Therefore, now he intends to seek help from psychotherapists.

Is there such a mental disorder as sexual dependence is a mental question. The American psychiatric association does not recognize such a diagnosis. But it is interesting that Vainstina instructed the true Lisa Bloom - a lawyer who made a name for the protection of victims of sexual harassment. She, in particular, represented their interests in the case against O'raili. And in the case of Weinstin, she took the side of the harassed. After the first sensational article in The New York Times, she proposed a plan of aggressive protection, which consisted, in particular, to publish photos of ladies accusing Weinstin of obscenities, “in friendly poses with Harvey,” made after these obscenitivity took place. Vainstin’s bosses did not like these proposals: they considered that Bloom pours oil into the fire and complicates the problem, and she quit.

Sexual scandals in Hollywood are not uncommon. One of the most louds happened in 1921, when the most popular comedian Rosk Arbacl was accused of raping actress Virginia Rapp, who entailed her death. Arbakle was eventually acquitted, but this story destroyed his career and ruined him. In 1924, under incomprehensible circumstances, the director and producer Thomas Harper Harper died. In the company of other filmmakers, he had fun on board the yacht of the newspaper tycoon William Randolf Herst. According to the official version, he died of a heart attack, by the unofficial, reflected in Peter Bogdanovich’s film “Death in Hollywood” (The Cat's Meow), he was mistaken by the owner of the yacht, confusing Charlie Chaplin, to whom he was jealous of his mistress Maryon Davis.

There were so many scandals that the notorious Hace Code, in addition to censorship restrictions, charged the leadership of the film company control over the moral appearance of actors and directors. For obscene behavior with them, contracts were simply broken.

Vainstin begins his repentant statement with a message that he grew up in the 60s-70s, when the standards of decent behavior were different. He is stipulated that this does not justify him in any way. But this argument deserves attention.

Indeed, the sexual revolution of the 60s sharply expanded the boundaries of the permitted. Recently, we learned what was happening then in privileged private boarding schools for girls. Last year, a graduate of one of these institutions, the school of Emma Villard, told the journalist The New York Times that a history teacher anally raped her anally in 1998. The victim eventually received compensation from the school. The law firm specially hired by the school conducted a study and issued a report indicating that the students had gone there for many years, starting from the 50s, that this has been done almost openly, that especially loving teachers have held whole harems of youngsters, moreover, the young people consisted with them in conspiracy and helped to seduce cassocks. Male teachers did not lag behind the female women. Other famous schools, including for boys, published similar reports. In this culture, generations of the current leaders of America, from Donald Trump to Mark Zuckerberg, have grown.

This may not be an excuse, but this is an explanation. And one of the reasons why people crave power and wealth.