Sexual Harassment's Toll on Careers

The Daily

The New York Times

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4.4 • 102.8K Ratings

🗓️ 3 May 2018

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

In a case that highlights the economic consequences of sexual harassment and retaliation, Ashley Judd is suing Harvey Weinstein for the damage he did to her career after she rebuffed his advances. And in the second part of the episode, three women who pioneered the language of consent reflect on being far ahead of their time on the politics of sex. Guests: Jodi Kantor, an investigative reporter at The New York Times; Juliet Brown, Christelle Evans and Bethany Saltman, who helped to establish an affirmative consent policy for sex at Antioch College in 1990. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbarale. This is The Daily.
0:08.0	Today, a Hollywood actress is suing Harvey Weinstein, not for sexual harassment,
0:15.0	but for the damage he did to her career when she rejected him.
0:20.0	And three women reflect on being so far ahead of their time on the politics of sex.
0:32.0	It's Thursday, May 3rd.
0:38.0	Tonight, actress Ashley Judd sitting down for her first TV interview after filing a new lawsuit against Harvey Weinstein.
0:45.0	I remember the lurch when I went to the desk and they said he's in his room and I was like,
0:50.0	oh, kidding me.
0:53.0	And in a pattern, so many women say happened to them too. She says the man inside began insistent pressure.
1:03.0	Jody Cantor, remind us what Harvey Weinstein was accused of doing to Ashley Judd.
1:08.0	What was the original claim she made?
1:10.0	About 20 years ago, Ashley Judd was an entrepreneur, her career was on the rise.
1:15.0	And Harvey Weinstein invaded her for really two meetings.
1:19.0	But one that was much more upsetting to her at hotels in Los Angeles was at the peninsula hotel.
1:24.0	And she was going for what she thought would be a business meeting with him.
1:28.0	And instead, he tried to move in on her and make almost a series of sexual bargains with her.
1:34.0	You know, will you do this with me? Well, if you won't do that, will you do this other thing with me?
1:38.0	And that it was almost this sort of escalating series of offers, all of which she says she said no to.
1:47.0	And the way she tells the story is she felt like she had to get out of the room without making Harvey Weinstein uncomfortable
1:55.0	because he had so much power over her career.
1:59.0	There's this constant grooming negotiation going on.
2:03.0	I thought no meant no. I fought with this volley of nose, which he ignored, who knows maybe he heard them as maybe.
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