Double standards have plagued women since the conception of the institution of marriage and even beyond in the exploitation of the female body. In the entertainment industry we see these double standards performed in micro-scale.
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In our culture, sex is often used by both men and women to exert power over each other—by offering it, withholding it, or even having it. Rape is the violation of one person by another. Rather than an act of sexual gratification, rape is an angry and violent expression of the rapist’s desire to dominate someone else. That is when sex becomes a weapon.
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Harvey Weinstein, wildly successful American film producer and co-founder of Miramax, has been accused of harassing and/or assaulting over thirty women for over thirty years. He epitomizes the dangers of powerful men, and above all, the pervasiveness of rape culture in our society.
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