It's his fault for offering the deal, and also [his/her] fault for taking it. The whole transaction is repugnant, and everyone involved should be viewed with disgust for participating.

You aren't wrong to say that Harvey Weinstein should probably get some punishment for offering. You are wrong to say that the women have no agency in accepting. You draw the analogy of an "attacker," but he did not "attack" anyone. These people walked into the office, they were offered "fame and fortune for your body," and they said "yes."

Realistically, the whole thing is closest to prostitution, except that in this case the john and the pimp are essentially one guy. Ergo, the prostitute and the john/pimp should both be punished. Unfortunately, we are not operating under that system, and the substitute system we have, of lying about what actually occurred to displace all the blame onto one party, is not good. When you call Weinstein an "attacker," who "forces mindrape" on people, you are siding with that system, because you are also displacing agency and thus culpability from the women who willingly took the deal.

It's his fault for offering the deal, and also [his/her] fault for taking it. The whole transaction is repugnant, and everyone involved should be viewed with disgust for participating.

You aren't wrong to say that Harvey Weinstein should probably get some punishment for offering. You are wrong to say that the women have no agency in accepting. You draw the analogy of an "attacker," but he did not "attack" anyone. These people walked into the office, they were offered "fame and fortune for your body," and they said "yes."

Realistically, the whole thing is closest to prostitution, except that in this case the john and the pimp are essentially one guy. Ergo, the prostitute and the john/pimp should both be punished. Unfortunately, we are not operating under that system, and the substitute system we have, of lying about what actually occurred to displace all the blame onto one party is not good. When you call Weinstein an "attacker," who "forces mindrape" on people, you are siding with that system.