It's hard to believe that it's been more than a month since the New York Times published Harvey Weinstein's original book, considering how many new reports of sexual harassment have emerged in Hollywood since then.
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Metoo campaign has created a boom in social media, forcing many people to face up to this rampant problem. In addition, countless men and women have come forward to denounce Weinstein and other powerful men - too many here to list - for sexual harassment. The range of charges ranges from inappropriate and vulgar language to full-scale attacks.
But as CNN points out, a form of harassment has become a recurring theme, especially in recent stories about comedian Louis C.k., s is not a word for this behavior. You can describe it as unnecessary masturbation, or when a powerful man entertains himself in front of a woman and forces her to become an observer. Journalists from
CNN dig deeply to try to understand the psychology behind the behavior.
They interviewed James Cantor, director of the Toronto Sex Center, who explained that it was an extreme expressionism. Cantor explained that for men who engage in such behaviour, they rarely escalate. Exhibition, the actual display of genitals, is our goal. & quot;
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, however, this does not mean that the victim, who is forced to watch, is less traumatized than when he touches the body. & "These regulations are outdated and [victims] don't know if they will escalate into violence or rape," Cantor said.
Unfortunately, Cantor says, it's hard to know what causes this behavior in men: they can spend years of treatment trying to find out why. Dr Prudence Gourguechon, former president of the American Psychological Analysis Association, said she believed it came from the idea of "wanting to be noticed and appreciated".
Gurgucho also has a theory that this behavior allows for a strange paradoxical denial. As she explained to cnn, he could think to himself, well, I didn't rape anyone, which is correct in a broader sense, but it's a distorted defense.
In fact, in a statement released this morning by Louis C.K., he admitted that the charges against him were true. He wrote, "At that time, I told myself that everything I did was good, because I never let a woman look at my penis without asking first. But what I learned in my later years is that when you have power over another person, it's not a problem for them to see your chicken. This is a dilemma for them. & quot;
Whatever the reason behind this behavior, it is clearly totally unacceptable. We can only hope that with more exposure of this horrible behavior, women will feel capable of always speaking loudly when dealing with harassment and abuse.