After being (allegedly and very likely) raped by a producer, Jaime Gleicher of “Rich Girls” is finally able to confront her (likely) rapist in court. Jaime Gleicher’s case is a reminder of the following: the only wrong place, time, etc. for any rape victim is when her or his victimizer puts her or him there. Even though she was legally an adult, she was a 19-year-old child (not yet 20) and victimized at the hands of an adult man whom had a particularly-inordinate amount of power over her.
“She shouldn’t have even pursued a career in reality TV, much less entertainment otherwise”? He shouldn’t have victimized her, let alone exploited her career ambitions to sexually abuse her—and she has the right to pursue whatever career she wants without being sexually and/or otherwise abused, no matter what one thinks of her professional aspirations.
“She shouldn’t have gone into his room”? He shouldn’t have raped her, regardless of where they were.
“She should have left with her friends”? Her “friends” should not have allowed him to hold her against her will and drug her.
“She shouldn’t have taken off her shirt”? He shouldn’t have blackmailed her into doing it.
“She should have or shouldn’t have…” whatever else? He shouldn’t have victimized her, and you shouldn’t be blaming the victim.
By the way, no amount of money that she gets from her lawsuit will ever give her back what her (alleged) victimizer took from her—as made her poor in many ways.
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