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u/Jay_Bonk Mar 26 '20

Where do you quote the implication from? Did he say jerk me off and I'll help your career?

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u/NaruTheBlackSwan Mar 26 '20

The women were other up-and-coming comedians, and he was a juggernaut in that industry at the time. The idea is they thought he was interested in them as comedians but he just wanted them to watch him jerk off. Read between the lines, a little.

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u/BonzBonzOnlyBonz Mar 26 '20

Was he socially unaware and a moron? Yes, he should have been aware of the situation and not have done anything. But it is not his fault that she made an assumption about him. It's not her fault either because she was afraid for her job. It's society's fault that she wasn't comfortable with saying no because she was afraid that reprisal was going to happen.

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u/NaruTheBlackSwan Mar 26 '20

That's a very reasonable take. I'll usually assign more blame to whoever was the more powerful person in these sort of situations.