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Hood

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A sexual relationship between a Matt Lauer and his 20 year old employee.


.is full of implied leverage, implied power and therefore some level of coercion. Which is why we all think it is, at minimum, scummy behavior. And depending on the circumstances, illegal (not as rape but as potential sexual harrassment).

I have no problem saying the woman is a victim of a scumbag. Yes, a woman who is thinking very clearly would not do what this woman did. But I'm not prepared to assign blame.

If this woman hooked up with a low level employee known for playing the field, then yes, she is no victim. But vast disparity in power makes it hard to distinguish gold diggers from victims. If you are willing to admit Lauer is a scumbag for fucking a 20 year old naif, why are you also blaming her?
[Post edited by Hood at 12/19/2017 10:57AM]

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Posted: 12/19/2017 at 10:55AM



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Sex scandals grey area. I was watching "Megyn Kelly Today" -- hoolstoptheheels 12/19/2017 09:51AM
  She did the opposite of Katie Couric -- PalmyraHoo 12/19/2017 12:57PM
  So you had no issue with Bill and Monica? ** -- 111Balz 12/19/2017 1:21PM
  Fucking an intern never ends well -- PalmyraHoo 12/19/2017 12:54PM
  30 years now with my office romance -- VaTechie 12/19/2017 2:09PM
  If memory serves me correct, you were a DJ -- VaTechie 12/19/2017 3:44PM
  I think the Chris Matthews situation is BS -- MassHoleHoo 12/19/2017 12:25PM
  Just don’t pull a 138 and start reading Cosmo -- TomKazanski 12/19/2017 10:56AM
  It is a very grey area -- Beerman 12/19/2017 10:46AM
  That's probably true. But this bit of rating cheese... -- hoolstoptheheels 12/19/2017 11:00AM
  Meh -- Beerman 12/19/2017 11:18AM
  Up to the organization to deal with that. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/19/2017 11:24AM
  No doubt there is a big gray area. But.... -- Hood 12/19/2017 10:33AM
  The power gap is an issue -- MassHoleHoo 12/19/2017 12:29PM
  I have two sisters who married older men -- VaTechie 12/19/2017 10:53AM
  I don't entirely agree with that. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/19/2017 10:50AM
  I don't like guys that cheat on their wives. Period. -- PalmyraHoo 12/19/2017 1:01PM
  Same. ** -- Shenhoo 12/19/2017 1:37PM
  That's up to you. As for me I say let he who is without sin -- hoolstoptheheels 12/19/2017 1:36PM
  Oh grow up. -- hoolstoptheheels 12/19/2017 1:24PM
  I doubt the cleaning lady is happy -- VaTechie 12/19/2017 4:44PM
  She was 24. ** -- JMHoo 12/19/2017 11:31AM
  I don't see how this is illegal. -- Faz d. Hoo 12/19/2017 11:27AM
  Lol, so Bill was a scumbag? -- hoothat 12/19/2017 11:01AM
  Yes. Is someone suggesting otherwise? ** -- VAGentleman05 12/19/2017 1:23PM
  Just interesting to see ** -- hoothat 12/19/2017 2:47PM
  Absolutely ** -- wahoo138 12/19/2017 12:37PM
  Yeah he was ** -- Hood 12/19/2017 11:02AM
  Don’t shit where you eat -- dajoka004 12/19/2017 11:01AM
  I would but I hadn't heard she was playing. ** -- hoolstoptheheels 12/19/2017 10:33AM

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