The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #166368 Message #3999794
Posted By: Stilly River Sage
08-Jul-19 - 09:52 AM
Thread Name: Peter Yarrow me-too'ed out of concert?
Subject: RE: Peter Yarrow me-too'ed out of concert?
Bob Dylan observed in the 1960s that The Times They Are A-Changin' (first song in this 1/2 hour performance). We are discussing one of the changes that took a lot longer than it should have.
What is changing regarding women and how men treat them? #MeToo is outing men who took advantage of their positions of power over women to claim sexual advantage, whether women wanted it or not. It isn't tarring every sexual encounter—it is aimed at men who acted with impunity, not those who were already caught and punished. (#MeToo is also outing a few powerful women who preyed on young men. It's an equal opportunity movement.)
This is why the torches and pitchforks are uncalled for at this time. Festivals can choose to hire or not, as they wish, depending on the information they have, but they are refusing to hire a reformed character, not an unindicted molester.