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"Weinstein's lead defense attorney, Donna Rotunno, tried to raise doubts about [Sciorra's account] . . .
"I didn’t understand that was rape," Sciorra said about the encounter.
"You were 33 years old," Rotunno said."
usatoday.com/story/entertai…
"Weinstein's lead defense attorney, Donna Rotunno, tried to raise doubts about [Sciorra's account] . . .
"I didn’t understand that was rape," Sciorra said about the encounter.
"You were 33 years old," Rotunno said."
usatoday.com/story/entertai…
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First of all, DARVO alert. A: Attack the credibility of the victim.
I'm sure we will be seeing lots more DARVO coming from the defense.
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineDARV…
First of all, DARVO alert. A: Attack the credibility of the victim.
I'm sure we will be seeing lots more DARVO coming from the defense.
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineDARV…
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And second, this is a dangerous mislead about the nature of chronological age and power and the dynamics of betrayal trauma.
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineBT.h…
And second, this is a dangerous mislead about the nature of chronological age and power and the dynamics of betrayal trauma.
dynamic.uoregon.edu/jjf/defineBT.h…
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It is also stunning to me on a personal note. When I was 33 (29 years ago) and suddenly all over the news as a target of the FMSF, I was almost always introduced in media coverage as "the daughter, Jennifer."
It is also stunning to me on a personal note. When I was 33 (29 years ago) and suddenly all over the news as a target of the FMSF, I was almost always introduced in media coverage as "the daughter, Jennifer."
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This baffled me as I was at the time a married mother of two children and a tenured professor of psychology and relatively empowered and privileged in the world. To go from being an accomplished adult to a child through media portrayal was stunning.
This baffled me as I was at the time a married mother of two children and a tenured professor of psychology and relatively empowered and privileged in the world. To go from being an accomplished adult to a child through media portrayal was stunning.
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Stunning and deeply sexist.
Stunning and deeply sexist.
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"You were 33 years old," Rotunno said.
Now we see the flip side - we see women who were in vulnerable positions where there was a current great power asymmetry portrayed as if they had reasonable choices and power when in fact they did not.
"You were 33 years old," Rotunno said.
Now we see the flip side - we see women who were in vulnerable positions where there was a current great power asymmetry portrayed as if they had reasonable choices and power when in fact they did not.
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What do I conclude from this? That the forces of denial, the forces that protect an oppressive status quote -- that those forces will distort reality in any way -- no matter how inaccurate -- that is expedient for protecting the oppressive status quo.
What do I conclude from this? That the forces of denial, the forces that protect an oppressive status quote -- that those forces will distort reality in any way -- no matter how inaccurate -- that is expedient for protecting the oppressive status quo.
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A woman who is 33 and has achieved social power (who speaks of abuse) is knocked back down as if a child. A woman who says that when she was 33 and dependent on a powerful abuse is knocked down by implying she had equal access to power and choice.
A woman who is 33 and has achieved social power (who speaks of abuse) is knocked back down as if a child. A woman who says that when she was 33 and dependent on a powerful abuse is knocked down by implying she had equal access to power and choice.
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We can change this. We already are. We just have to keep up the courage and the solidarity. I especially hope we continue to cherish the courage of truth tellers and nurture institutional courage.
jjfreyd.com/project-on-ins…
We can change this. We already are. We just have to keep up the courage and the solidarity. I especially hope we continue to cherish the courage of truth tellers and nurture institutional courage.
jjfreyd.com/project-on-ins…
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