IV. Discourse 11%
Section A
        After decades of operating with impunity as one of the most powerful men inentertainment, Harvey Weinstein has been brought down by a flood of chilling sexualharassment and assault claims, more of which may yet come to light. Power seems to havebeen his noxious aphrodisiac. Power was why some women acceded and others clammed up,why his employees helped facilitate his assaults and why so many in Hollywood looked theother way for decades. Power was the means, the motive, and the cover-up._(30)_.              Weinstein spent decades building his fiefdom on the grounds of a pervasive "seesomething, say nothing" culture of capitulation. But at the same time, and apparently beyondhis view, women were inching their way toward greater social, political and professionalpower.__(31)__ . In the rubble of Weinstein's empire, we find artifacts divulging so muchabout our values, our culture and ourselves. The story they tell is one of stunning hypocrisyand of the slow grind of earth shifting beneath us.        Still, power differentials matter. Overt harassment may be increasingly kept in check, butsexual coercion and abuse have not been eradicated. They are simply more likely to be hiddenfrom plain view--in an office with the door closed, in the corner of a company party, at whatwas supposed to be a working dinner, in a room at the Peninsula Beverly Hills hotel. It's nocoincidence that harassment and even assault were pushed undercover at the same time moreand more women entered previously male-dominated fields, rose to prominence and gainedpower in their own right.__(32)__. But only slightly. Across industries, there are still menso powerful, they seem untouchable.
       Each  of  these high-profile  cases echoes the last and accelerates the next. Toppling thefirst few titans was a heavy lift, and while it's still not easy, each successive predator seems tofall that much faster. Feminists have succeeded in getting sexual harassment and assault takenseriously enough to be career-ending.__(33)__.With each of these stories, you canimagine the newsroom dictates: Find the next Weinstein. At the same time, you hear womenwhisper: Should I speak out about my own Weinstein?        _(34)__. But since the story broke, everything was exposed under the sun. There hasbeen a collective exhale among the women who finally spoke out. In the New Yorker, writerRonan Farrow detailed additional accusations, including rape, and described the well-staffedmachine that deceived young women into spending time alone with a man everyone knewwas a predator. Weinstein was not a solo operator, and now his vast network of enablers isalso falling under the scrutiny of the entertainers, journalists and activists who expect heads toroll. Amid the wave of allegations and outcry from other Hollywood luminaries, Weinsteinwas fired. The Weinstein Company's all-male board was divided on his fate. Within 48 hours,four board members had resigned.Every woman knows these men. We've worked for them, loved them, married them, andraised them. We've watched their movies and read their books and cast ballots checking theirnames.
       Every woman also knows the pretty good men who aren't predators, but whointentionally or tacitly create the conditions for the predation, degradation or even justmarginalization of women: the men who make up all-male boards and executive leadership,who don't want to create discomfort by challenging sexism from friends or co-workers, whohire and mentor and promote younger men, who go silent on "women's issues." We are oftenquick to absolve them, and how could we not?__(35)__. The men are supposed to be on ourside, though-these men are the ones who break our hearts.
(AB)News organizations increasingly recognize that breaking these stories benefits both theirreputations and their bottom line --the first to get there sets the media narrative for days orweeks.
(AC)How fitting that it is their voices breaking the silence and shattering Hollywood's glasshouses.
(AD) With more women in the room, and a few at the top, male workplace norms began tocrack.
(AE)And power is exactly what he has lost, in a downfall that spans two coasts, severalindustries and dozens of klieg-lit names.
 (BC) This growing cacophony of mostly female voices no doubt has the remaining Weinsteinof the world holding their breath.
 (BD) Severing our ties with all of these men would require self-banishment to a remote cave, orat least expatriation to a radical commune.
【題組】30.