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And I don't mean to make terribly light of the situation. Without trying to make any political hay on this, we are learning just how pervasive sexual inappropriateness has become in our society. And while the vast majority of those being, shall we say, exposed of late have been men in the entertainment industry, it is just a tip of a VERY big iceberg. I couldn't help but notice how many female teachers at high schools- and MIDDLE schools- have been busted lately for sex with students. If so minded I could give you a list of 10 female teachers- from 22 to 40 years old, from Bible belt midwest to Medellin, Columbia- who have been arrested for sex with a minor student SINCE OCTOBER 27. One fricking month.
And what makes it bad is that there was one man similarly charged for each woman. Or close to.
So we spend a lot of time on the news debating the "culture of Hollywood", that it was part of the game, and naively pretend it isn't just a cross section of society. And depending on what level we want to take it down to, a valid point could be made that we've ALL been guilty. I know I have.
And we look on in lurid fascination as one media darling after another gets blown up by accusations. You know, accusations? They used to be the beginning of justice, and now they are the vehicle of vengeance. Years of nod-nod wink-wink acceptance has made it so that victims only feel they can get equity under the glare of the media lights. And we snap up the articles of (disproportionately) barely-out-of-high-school teachers, bubbly blondes and big busted brunettes, and retell the joke about, boy, if I'd been in school when... and forget about the guys doing the same thing while we growl, I'd fire him with a 30-aught if he did that with MY daughter.
And maybe we see a little bit more why some women wait so long to tell their story. A caller to Rush Limbaugh the other day told about his step-daughter, who at 14 had to get therapy from the school trainer, who stuck his tongue down her throat and his hand down her pants. They told the school, the cops, everybody said it was a "he said, she said" deal and blew it off. Years of therapy, counselling, drugs, and despair followed. Never recovering from it, she committed suicide at 48.
Think about that. 30 seconds of being a "big man" led to 34 years of hell on earth.
And knowing this, I STILL laughed when I saw Charlie's picture up there. Because he's one of those self-righteous asses who busted Trump for telling an off-color joke and pretending Juanita Broaddrick never existed. All the while knowing he'd done the same thing. And Weinstein did the same thing. And George Takei. And on and on.
And knowing in my heart that but for Christ, I would have been worse than them all.
So go ahead and chuckle, if you've a mind to. But let it be chuckle that says, "Welcome to the club."
Chris:
ReplyDelete---That very thought-provoking, and inspired.
I know I've had the "lust of the flesh" through most ALL my adolescence, but there was always one thing that acted as a good preventive measure (and this is aside from any relationship with the Almighty), and that's the manner in which we were brought up.
Sure, a lust in the heart is still sin, but NOT acting upon such lust says something about one's character and how you were "trained" as a child.
---Taking into account how permissive (and pervasive) a society we have become since the era of the counter-culture, we are reaping what we have been allowed to sow...simple as that.
Better morality has to prevail.
Very good post.
Stay safe (and ever watchful) up there, brother.
And in families that don't talk about the issue.... or hide dirty books under the front seat to read them at lunch at work- you end up with problems. Amazing how that works.
DeleteFar too many have suffered from predators male and female and feel if they say anything they will never be believed it makes me mad and sad
ReplyDeleteAnd that really is what fueled my post. There was just less and less to laugh about the more you looked at it.
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