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Doesn't surprise me either. He has been separated from his wife off and on over the years for his cheating.
I have always thought he acted creepy under certain circumstances, like in cooking segments, or a very attractive guest has been on.
Matt is 60 and very wealthy. He never has to work again. Boo hoo. It's his accuser is who I feel sorry for. This is very different than Brian Williams.
Remember Anne Curry. Karma rears its ugly head. Wiily Gist will probably move into his place.
Now it's time to go on to the White House!
Because we all know that's what the end game of the greatest witch hunt in history is all about.
How many more communist talking heads and leaders of industry will be sacrificed to the cause of removing Trump from office?
Who cares, just keep it up.......
Burn all the libs down, and Trump will likely still be standing.
The libs are self immolating themselves, happy day for the right.
Laurer has been at NBC for 41 years and is no doubt a 100 millionaire plus as a well paid, will say anything his bosses want, talking head. He's probably not that worried about it unless there are criminal charges to come.
He'll probably get his $10M per year contract paid out plus his golden parachute. He's not going to be hurting for funds.
I'm a woman working in a male-dominated industry and there are problematic men of all nationalities and ages.
The main two categories are:
South Asian men (e.g. Indians, Pakistanis, etc) whose patriarchal culture has taught them to treat women differently than men. They're not all bad, but the ones who are bad are insufferable. Preening, arrogant, dismissive, condescending, etc.
White men under 40, a.k.a. "Bros" who don't condescend to women...they either ignore us or have conversations about "hot chicks" or go to group lunches at breastaurants like Hooters and Twin Peaks, knowing that most women won't want to tag along. These are the guys who will usually eventually lay you (females) off once you hit 40.
The south Asians are the biggest offenders in creating a hostile work environment in my experience. The white male "bros" are more annoying than anything else, but for now they still wield a lot of power in my industry and are hence the bigger threat.
Now I've never been sexually harassed in the traditional sense...nobody's ever made unwanted physical contact with me or threatened my employment or reputation in exchange for sexual favors. Ever. But I've been made to feel uncomfortable, unwanted, incompetent, etc. by them. When I'm not being outright ignored, I'm being accused of being abrasive, hysterical, or on my period.
I've never gone to HR over any of it because it's almost impossible to prove and I don't want a huge target painted on my back. If you can't prove it definitively and absolutely, it's best to stay quiet. Most of us know this.
I've been in this field for 20 years with a little over half of that spent working in the United States (my native country and where I currently live). I've known of very few female colleagues who've ever brought this kind of harassment or discrimination to HR's attention and none took it lightly.
I'm glad that the current environment is emboldening actual victims of harassment and discrimination to step forward and hold the perpetrators accountable. I would like to see more intersectionality, though. There's just as much discrimination based on age, race, national origin, etc. as there is based on gender. I want society to take on ageism. I want society to take on anti-black discrimination. I want society to take on anti-Americanism in IT.
We're only scratching the surface here.
Or they could be lies and exaggeration for attention and sympathy
I know I am in the minority and I have no idea what he did or did not do, but I am also a little tired of this day to day reporting of sexual misconduct. Yes, there are many times, too many when men step over the line. I guess women as well, but some of this seems to me like a lot of nothing. I guess it is how one looks at the picture. Why can't women just Don't touch me or don't make comments like that ever again. Why come forward 10 or more years later and claim, I remember so and so saying something nasty to me one day in my office or I remember when John Jones patted my butt? Guys can be jerks, of course, but some of these claims made by women are not grounds for people losing their jobs.
BTW,I am not defending Matt or anyone else that does something totally unacceptable.
its like everyday some person comes and claims someone molested them.. I'm with you on this - you know, back then when we were growing up, (for me it was the 70's).. the rave was "sex drugs and rock n roll". it was normal and expected to play around sexually and then there are kids that are exploring out of curiosity sexual things while growing up, Now it looks like all that playing around is getting people in trouble. But that was the norm back then.
When you compare the norm of yesterday to today's norms, this is where conflict happens, same with the norms of history when having slaves was the norm, and other such things. its weird watching when people don't remember norms have changed.
I personally think some of this was normal behavior when it happened, and now it is coming back to bite people.
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