We should thank Harvey Weinstein for the tear in the patriarchy

We should probably thank Harvey Weinstein. That ripping sound you’re hearing might just be a tiny tear in the patriarchy. Tear as in laceration, although there are probably quite a few men crying fat salty ones for themselves in private, except the type of man who preys on people less powerful than himself for sexual gratification is probably born without tear ducts.

We should thank Harvey Weinstein for the tear in the patriarchy

They’re coming out of the woodwork. Or being smoked out, unless you count Kevin Spacey, with his cack-handed, failed diversionary tactic (“Hey, everyone, I’m gay!”). Nobody cares, Kevin. All we care about is whether the other party is a consenting adult.

From Hollywood to Westminster, men are falling from power — despite the best attempts of their apologists, both men and women, to prop them up with the usual bleats of witch hunt, snowflake, feminazi, PCGM*, etc.

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