Sexual predators are not sick, they are not sex-dependent and do not live alone in Hollywood high society, the predator can be in any of our contexts and uses, above all, their position of power to subjugate the victim, seeking the complicity of once kidnapped to society.
You could say, almost without fear of making mistakes, that we are living a very interesting moment from a social and psychological point of view, a moment, for many, expected and even necessary, after the discovery of the case of film producer Harvey Weinstein, the expansive and media wave does not seem to stop. Every day we get up with another name from a famous character, a falling idol, a terrible story of sexual abuse.
- We often hear testimonies of events that occurred more than 10.
- 15 or 20 years ago.
- The veil seems to have fallen regardless of the past hour.
- Because the wound.
- Of course.
- Remains dormant.
- Is now that a reality that has always been present.
- Known.
- But structurally silent and implicitly agreed upon.
- Is beginning to emerge.
It should be remembered that the voices were still there, but they were not given importance, such as that of Elijah Wood, who already denounced the existence of constant abuse of minors behind the scenes in Hollywood.
This is the moment, as simple as this. Our society has woken up and is ready to listen, our world is more receptive than ever, connected and social networks like Twitter can create heroes in a matter of days and take down idols in seconds, it is a voracious scenario that mobilizes, raises awareness and, thanks to the hashtag #MeToo, has allowed us to visualize situations that may seem extraordinary, when in fact they happen every day.
Every morning, when a new story about a Hollywood celebrity is revealed, the term “sexual predator” appears. The information world often uses phrases and words that need to be defined to avoid misunderstandings. In fact, recently, an interesting article appeared in “Psychology Today” warns something important: we should not link the profile of abusers to sexual addicts.
We say this for a very specific reason, every time a celebrity is charged, his lawyer rushes to announce that his client will enter a clinic for alleged treatment, that’s what Kevin Spacey said, for example.
Don’t get me wrong. Abusers are not always sick, when they attack sexually, when they intimidate and coerc, they know very well what they do, in fact, they use their power to violate the personal and sexual rights of others.
To understand the impact of this power, we will talk, for example, about the origin of this whole series of scandals. In fact, and out of curiosity, many call this story “the story of a son who denounced his father and revealed a system of corruption. “This son is Ronan Farrow, the son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen.
He was little more than a teenager when he saw how much society had changed when he reported that his father had abused Dylan, his 7-year-old adopted sister, one of the people who managed to clean up his father’s image and bring his return to fame in an uncontaminated way was Harvey Weinstein.
Young Ronan was flagged (like his sister) for all this, he was surprised to see how society is able to turn the perpetrator into a victim and the victim into an annoying person. He was impressed by the secret in Hollywood surrounding sexual assaults and acts. of pedophilia committed by high-power men in this industry. An industry accustomed to being silent, complicit and resorting to blackmail, threat and extortion for anyone who dares to raise their voices.
Since then, Ronan Farrow has continued to research and accumulate information about several sexual predators in Hollywood, until he gradually focuses on one, Harvey Weinstein, it must be said that for years he had enough information to shed light on the facts, with evidence and testimony. However, it has always faced the same message of newspapers, producers and television: it is dangerous, forget it, it passes the page, let’s look the other way.
Far away, until society refused to turn its back
Sexual predators appear in all contexts where there are asymmetry of power. Are we in our professions, in sports teams, are deans of university or professors, heads of teams in hospitals?They are people capable of crossing the line of respect to attack, rape or simply intimidate with words.
Similarly, it’s interesting to dig a little deeper into your personality and behavioral characteristics:
In conclusion, we see, the term “sexual predator,” far from being new or limited to the world of Hollywood, refers to many profiles that are gradually unmasking, yet they will continue to exist and will be much easier when based on complicity. , in the form of silence, of those around them.
This may be the best time to name them, put them on their faces and stop looking the other way. We have long lived in fear in front of those who have power, thousands of victims forced to shut up and forget. let’s be sensitive, be logical and stop sexual predators in time.