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Thread #141144 Message #3415298
Posted By: GUEST,Eliza
06-Oct-12 - 05:41 AM
Thread Name: Obit: RIP Sir Jimmy Savile of BBC [2011]
Subject: RE: 2011 Obit: RIP Sir Jimmy Savile UK disc jockey
Fortunately, regarding sexual harassment in the workplace, there is much more scope for complaint and bringing perpetrators to book than there was thirty years ago. And workers are (I believe) more ready to defend themselves forcefully against inappropriate sexual behaviour. But I wonder if a child or young teenager bringing allegations of sexual attack against a popular celebrity would be listened to more readily today? Especially perhaps a wayward teenager who had for example already been in trouble with the law? I have my doubts, sadly.
(By the way, the man who did that to me all those years ago, my cousin's husband, was a family doctor! I've often wondered if he did those things to his patients?)