Harvey Weinstein in the Land of the Casting Room Couch

Why davka has Harvey Weinstein been expelled from the Academy of Motion Pictures when Mel Gibson, Bill Cosby and others are still in that exalted body? Whom did he touch/exploit that got those Hollywood people so enraged?

I'm no youngster, and from everything I've read over the decades, Weinstein's behavior was the norm, the price for fame for many -both male and female-

It's rather ironic that davka, at the same time that Playboy founder Hugh Hefner, who idealized/institutionalized female sexual exploitation, passed away Harvey Weinstein became the symbol of evil.

There must be something we're not being told.

-- hitting the fans?

I'm having trouble decided whether this post belongs on this blog or Shiloh Musings. Is it a women's issue, sexual abuse, or Israeli politics?

One of the top female Labour Party politicians, Colette Avital, has not only denied a rumour that she was/is a having an affair with Teflon-coated-Shimon Peres, but she has now publicly accused "someone powerful--no name" of having made unwanted and uninvited sexual advances.

This is at the same time that Israeli President Katzav's Impeachment hearings are beginning for the same sort of crime, and to make matters even more complicated, both Peres and Avital are opposing candidates, in a large field, to replace him as President.

What I find very disturbing is that The Jerusalem Post article about it was hard to find, hat tip to "protexia," and I didn't see any reference to it on the other Israeli news sites. Maybe if I had been online last night I would have found more. I presume that Peres's Teflon is protecting him, since the accusations against Katzav and Ramon got much more play, even though the accusers were anonymous and unknown to the Israeli public.

Ladies, the lesson is that the media will believe the guys they like and, your accusation will be ignored, but if the media is searching for dirt, they'll help you with revenge.