Date: August 21, 2018
01) Weinstein accuser Asia Argento ‘pays $380k to settle assault case’
“Asia Argento, one of the most prominent activists of the #MeToo movement, has settled a complaint by a young actor who accused her of sexually assaulting him when he was 17, it has been reported.
The Italian actress, 42, settled the notice of intent to sue filed by Jimmy Bennett, who is now 22, for $380,000 (£298,000), the New York Times reports.
The notice was filed by Bennett after Argento accused Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of raping her last October.
…
Bennett says in the notice that he had sex with Argento in a California hotel in 2013. The age of consent in California is 18.
The notice says the encounter traumatised Bennett and hurt his career, the Times reported.
The newspaper said it received court documents that included a selfie of Argento and Bennett in bed.”
No…
…Just…No!…
You know what so messed up about human sexuality these days?…all the people who want to cash in, on their past sex…cash in on “the vile pervert” being presently crucified in public…The people who refuse to take ownership, of their own sexual decisions…
…I liked Jimmy Bennett as a child actor…thought he was cute…
…But I’m not sure which one of these two is the bigger douche bag, in this news story.
I’m guessing…Jimmy isn’t getting much prime work anymore, and badly wants a paycheck?
In my opinion…nobody should be able to do this…Nobody should be able to conquest an older sex partner [or even just be their “boy toy” for a night], happily enough to pose for a selfie in the aftermath…just to turn around and demand a ton of money, over a legal technicality…
What did Asia do?…strap on a dildo, and force him to be the “submissive partner”?…
Just as curious…it seems what was going around, is coming back around for Asia…
Sexual douchebaggery, is a large part of what’s driving human sex rights into the ground…
…So many people refuse to treat sexuality, like it needs to be treated…So few take personal responsibility…
It’s like I’ve said many times before…
…All these people in the world, who treat their own sex life like a sewer…They then watch the rest of us like hawks, with dehumanizing, accusatory suspicion and paranoia…thinking we have to be restrained and arrested, sexually…because they presume we must be exactly just like them.
01) Waking Up with Sam Harris #135 – Navigating Sex and Gender (with Martie Haselton)
