All these old white guys are having to resign because of their sexual misbehavior in the past. What will this do their future employability?
Take this guy Oreskes, who just resigned from NPR; he was accused of sexual harassment 20 years ago.
I imagine that a lot of these guys have mortgages, families, college tuition to pay, and so on and so forth. Just like the women they are accused of harassing.
What will these accusations do to their future ability to find jobs?
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Not a single one of them needs to work for a living. And that old white guy thing is no longer relevant since Cosby broke the color barrier.
Oreskes is also facing a much more recent accusation. In any case, are you similarly worried about the future employability of other criminals?
In this patriarchic society, that does not really care about sexual abuse against women, they will find a way to slip back in sooner or later, unless there are other factors that have a higher weighting, like being black, or the victim being underage.
@Irukandji I prefer that criminals be tried in a court of law. Oreskes may be an asshole. I have difficulty calling him a criminal without some sort of legal process.
@elbanditoroso Yeah? How long should we wait before removing accused pedophiles from schools?
@rojo Bill O’Reilly is deeply offended and angry because The Supreme Being let him down.
You can’t make up this stuff. O’Reilly actually got in front of a camera and expressed outrage at his deity.
I would be SO embarrassed to be called out in these ways. But from so long ago?? Where is a statute of limitations when one needs/wants one??
^^^ There are statutes of limitation for certain crime. There’s no expiration date for unethical behavior and the damage done.
I don’t see it as an old white guy thing. It’s an abuse of power thing. In America, there are lots of powerful old white men, due to a number of mostly unfortunate variables.
As for their futures, they are likely forever tainted. They should be punished, and shunned by society. The perpetrators will meet many different ends. Those with built up wealth, will likely still enjoy whatever lifestyle they choose (unless they are imprisoned.) Those who rely on fame, will have problems, but probably still have enough money to be fine. Some will lose portions of their wealth to settlements, or payoffs.
As I’ve mentioned before, this is a problem with society. Many things would have to change, for it to just go away. But punishing some may bring some level of revenge.
How concerned are you about a guy in his 40’s that works at McDonalds that can’t afford a mortgage or even dream about the luxury of entertaining the idea of paying for his kids college? And let’s say this dude never raped or harassed anyone.
We should be talking about introducing a living wage instead of crying for old white dudes that got drunk on power.
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