At what point will affluent men learn everything, especially women, are not theirs for the taking?
As if Brock Turner’s six-month sentence for sexual assault, which was not even fully served, was not frustrating enough, movie director Harvey Weinstein has sexually assaulted women for quite possibly the duration of his career, and his crimes have flown under the radar until now.
Even more disgustingly, many in Hollywood knew about his transgressions and said nothing.
Quentin Tarantino, director of “Pulp Fiction,” heard much about Weinstein’s sexual misconduct but did nothing about it. 
According to Jodi Kantor of The New York Times, Tarantino’s ex-girlfriend told him all about Weinstein’s unwanted advances and Tarantino still did nothing.
“Though he continued to hear alarming stories over the years, he proceeded to make film after film with Mr. Weinstein, his greatest champion—a decision he now regrets,” Kantor said.
Of course, a man whose reputation has been compromised now chooses to regret his past decisions. However, if Weinstein’s scandal had not unfolded, it would be highly unlikely for Tarantino to assume the position of a whistleblower.
According to Yohana Desta and Hillary Busis of Vanity Fair, 50 actresses have told their tales of the horrific and demeaning actions Weinstein forced upon them, threatening to ruin their careers if they did not follow through. One of the actresses who came forward is Lupita Nyong’o.
“The Oscar winner says she endured meetings in hotel rooms, requests for massages, complicity from Weinstein’s female accomplices/assistants and the promise of career advancement as quid pro quo,” Desta and Busis said.
Many who possess incriminating accounts of Weinstein stayed silent in fear of facing malicious and career-damaging repercussions from his studio.
According to Ronan Farrow for the New Yorker, Weinstein assaulted Italian actress Asia Argento multiple times and she accepted it solely to protect her blossoming career.
“She believed that Weinstein would ruin her career if she didn’t comply,” Farrow said. “Years later, when she was a single mother dealing with childcare, Weinstein offered to pay for a nanny. She said that she felt ‘obliged’ to submit to his sexual advances.”
To make matters worse, upon coming clean about Weinstein, Argento had to flee Italy to escape criticism directed toward her character.
Meanwhile, Weinstein is simply dodging blame in his high tower surrounded by “yes” men and women who are no doubt paid an ungodly amount to be his public relations champions. In response to coverage about his being a rapist, he is suing news sources for “defacing” his name.
Weinstein has even entered rehab for his nymphomaniac tendencies. In Claire Lampen’s article for Vogue, she calls sex rehabilitation a “get out of jail free card.”
“By crying sex addiction, bad actors can blame their behavior on what sounds like a mental disorder,” Lampen said. “By zipping off to a rehab center, Weinstein is trying to avoid the real problem.”
I will never understand the reasoning behind victim shaming or denial of wrongdoings, especially in a case where 50 women and counting have encountered similar occurrences.
This is not simply a group of women who have an unjustified vendetta against Weinstein. These women were not only subjected to sexual abuse, but emotional abuse, threatening their potential development of trusting and healthy relationships with worthy men.
Saying sorry, or having a handler issue a statement of remorse, will not even come close to the years’ worth of psychological damage Weinstein caused these women.
There must be justice for these women, which can only be achieved by placing the animal that is Harvey Weinstein behind bars.