Actress Mayim Bialik has apologized for a controversial (well, to liberals it was) op-ed in the New York Times where she talked about “being a feminist in Harvey Weinstein’s world” and how she was never sexually harassed in the movie business because she doesn’t fit Hollywood’s ridiculous conventional standard of beauty:
Mayim Bialik: Being a feminist in Harvey Weinstein’s world https://t.co/U5cSxrTk43
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 14, 2017
Liberal women quickly jumped on their equally liberal female counterpart and spun what she wrote into some sort of victim-blaming for assault:
"I have decided that my sexual self is best reserved for private situations with those I am most intimate with. I dress modestly." This is disgusting. @missmayim is placing blame on victims and forgetting that rape and assault are about power, not about desire. https://t.co/gVFoct2QyQ
— wikipedia brown aka silk bonnet spectre (@eveewing) October 14, 2017
Bialik never argued that assaults only happened to the provocatively dressed mind you, just that her appearance protected her from many of the scumbags in Hollywood, but that didn’t stop other actresses from piling on:
.@missmayim I have to say I was dressed non provocatively at 12 walking home from school when men masturbated at me. It's not the clothes.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) October 14, 2017
She never said this either:
It is also not outrageous for anyone to expected to be treated in a professional matter by anyone in a professional relationship.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) October 14, 2017
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Nor this:
So @missmayim "advice" is: I was never pretty & never tried to be & ladies, take note if you don't want to be harassed? This isn't feminism pic.twitter.com/0Rrx6jrE5K
— Emily Ratajkowski (@emrata) October 15, 2017
Anyway, here’s the apology:
— Mayim Bialik (@missmayim) October 18, 2017
Many of her peers were pleased with it:
Thank you for saying that. I think it started an important conversation that needed to be had.
— Patricia Arquette (@PattyArquette) October 19, 2017
But she wasn’t wrong:
You didn't say anything wrong.
— ?It's?Almost ⛄️Christmas? (@jtLOL) October 19, 2017
And it’s just sad that she felt the need to apologize:
We have reached the point where trying to protect one's self against sexual harassment or assault is actually unacceptable. https://t.co/K2GU698KJj
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 19, 2017
I am sorry you have been cajoled into this; no one in his right mind wld think you were excusing assault or telling anyone they deserved it.
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) October 19, 2017
What @Missmayim wrote was not wrong and she has nothing to apologize for, she is entitled to her opinion. https://t.co/WHD2yMj5qZ
— The Reagan Battalion (@ReaganBattalion) October 19, 2017
For a great defense of Bialik, read this from Bethany Mandel:
Mayim Bialik’s Modesty Rules Were Actually Common Sense, writes @bethanyshondark https://t.co/hjWq3zRvN6 pic.twitter.com/SXsqiO8RPr
— Kveller (@Kveller) October 18, 2017
We agree!
Very good https://t.co/YBFrCCPfWD
— Katie Pavlich (@KatiePavlich) October 19, 2017