Finally a little bit of catch-up sees New Zealand mainstream media at least attempt to - however tentatively thus far - address this much- and long-overlooked 'other side of the [proverbial] coin'...or shady substance growing on the other side of this neglected rock amidst the stagnant waters of the epidemic which is the present-day uncovering of the rampant state- and (especially religious) institutionally-sanctioned sex abuse scandals of our times...
To wit, the Men Too Movement (as featured on TV1's Sunday show yesterday evening), and on Newshub Nation (or TV1) 6 p.m. News tonight. And not a moment too soon either. Yes indeed.
And though I'll have a heckuva - and a helluva - lot more to say in coming days vis-a-vis this topic in relation to the millennia-enduring organization commonly known as the Roman Catholic Church - and its papal leadership in the Vatican - let's just conclude this brief citation now by referring to the own goal kicked by a founding member of the MeToo Movement - Asia Argento...
Though I thus far know little more than the various scattered references to this over the last couple of weeks or so, this much - to me, anyhow - is clear as mud (about the 'case'): the media in general regard it with the level of indifference that popular (especially Western) culture consider it deserves: i.e. diddly squat. And why should that be? Hey, the dude - the allegation involved - happened to be male...so the underlying assumption obviously is - one of the following:
*He secretly enjoyed what was happening.
*He was a man, so he ought to be able to 'man up and handle it'.
*How could a fella even be coerced - like a woman - in such a way (to begin with)?
'The reality, indeed, is that - however secretly and privately - there are a number at least of people in the MeToo Movement who no doubt see it as 'payback time', for guys to experience what gals have themselves endured for so very long...and without hardly a murmur even of recognition (for most of human history even)...and then the woman involved was often treated as the guilty party and the man involved got off completely scot-free.
So, accepting the legitimacy and 'fair go' thus seen in the above scenario, one can hardly be surprised.
Nevertheless the apparent rampant hypocrisy of Ms Argento surely speaks for itself, and were today's media even remotely consistent, they would hardly simply pass over such an incident once over lightly (as it's termed). No, your h........ is showing, folks!
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