Hollywood Hypocrisy Part 2: Award Shows and Sex

Read Hollywood Hypocrisy Part 1 here.

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The Golden Globes, a lovely little award show where Hollywood's biggest stars get all dressed up and gather to celebrate each other, themselves, and all of their hard work. It's glamorous and fun...well it was, until they turned it into a political spectacle.
On this year's Golden Globes many stars in attendance wore black to protest all the sexual harassment/assault that has recently been brought to light in Hollywood. Many others took to Instagram and Twitter to post selfies with #TimesUp and #WhyWeWearBlack. Protesting sexual abuse and harassment is definitely a good thing to do, don't get me wrong. However, this whole thing seems rather hypocritical for multiple reasons.
1. Someone had to have known. Many of the stars who wore black to the Golden Globes, such as Oprah and Meryl Streep, worked closely with Harvey Weinstein, one of the many accused Hollywood sexual abusers, for years. There's no way they were completely unaware of what was happening, and yet they were silent.
2. Fifty Shades Freed. The latest movie in the Fifty Shades franchise comes out in about a month. Countless women, many of which may have posted #TimesUp selfies, will flock to movie theaters everywhere to see the newest film in this borderline-pornographic series.
3. Hollywood created this culture. For decades, Hollywood has condoned and encouraged sexually deviant behavior, and the Fifty Shades franchise is only one example among countless others. In music, movies, television, and other forms of media, we are constantly bombarded with various sexual references and images. Countless TV shows and movies glamorize the hook-up culture. Why is everyone so shocked to learn that there's sexual abuse in this industry?
As a society, we act as if we have no moral compass and then are surprised when people act in such inappropriate ways. This needs to stop.
I sincerely hope that anyone who has experienced sexual abuse/harassment, on either the giving or receiving end, gets the help they need. For a full list of resources available to those seeking help, visit https://www.nsvrc.org/organizations.