(August 1, 2010 at 10:39 pm)Scented Nectar Wrote: I've been on the Pharyngula comment page for this since yesterday evening. There are about 800 comments now. I think 20 are mine. http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2010/...n_be_s.php
It turns out that she was only suing about the contractual filming consent. She did not bother to sue, charge or even get mad at the woman who pulled her top down (slightly more than she herself did for the camera). I saw the clip in question. On her own she danced and play-teased with the camera, showing of her own volition the circles of her nipples. At one point, a woman (not the ggw camera person) pulls it down exposing actual nipple. The woman is clearly not traumatised. She didn't even stop hamming it up for the camera. Now she is complaining that the nipple will ruin her reputation as though all the stuff she did willingly wouldn't be worse (in the eyes of people who think there is something wrong with exposure and 'sexy' dance stuff).
The original video for it is linked in comment number 67 I think, or at least sixty-something.
Any of you that got into the whole objectification thread might find it interesting. I started out on the woman's side, but once I actually saw the video and heard further details, my stance changed a lot.
I also got accused of victim blaming, for fuck's sake. I questioned someone's claim of a sex assault because there was so many holes and weird shit in her story. I met some of those old school feminazis over there, had people accuse me of being a male poe, and other stuff. It was fun though.
I find it simply amazing how doing a little bit of research can make a world of difference. If this woman were truly traumatized, why not go after the bitch that pulled her top down? I don't know. If I am worried about possibly becoming victimized I'd remove myself from that situation... something she clearly did not even after the incident occurred. Sometimes it's not other people who victimize women, they can do it themselves you know!
