I really didn’t want to write about this, but NOW’s recent statement about David Letterman made it impossible to ignore, though I did try. Could they have sounded more retro, even clueless? When Mary Katharine Ham was opining about Letterman asking where women’s groups were, I let it go. I don’t expect a conservative to understand a woman’s responsibility to herself in the 21st century, even as they ignore real issues that impact women here and across the globe.
After all, Letterman isn’t a case like what Sen. Al Franken was fighting against regarding KBR, where Republicans ducked their responsibilities to women, though no one is surprised. Only 10 Republicans supported Franken’s amendment. Ten.
NOW whines:
“The latest Letterman controversy sheds new light on the widespread objectification of women in the workplace,” NOW said in a statement Tuesday. “Most women can attest to the fact that many workplaces are plagued with inappropriate behavior by men in power.” … “Recent developments in the David Letterman extortion controversy have raised serious issues about the abuse of power leading to an inappropriate, if not hostile, workplace environment for women and employees,” NOW said in Tuesday’s statement. …
Oh, grow up.
This is not the 1970s or even the 20th century any longer. Women have recourse if they’re sexually harassed at work, or should which is why Franken wrote his amendment, though there is no evidence so far that this was the case with David Letterman, who, by the way, is not an employee of CBS, for all of you writing that he should be “fired.” Besides, who’d drop someone with these ratings?
There is also such a thing as women going after a relationship that isn’t appropriate and could jeopardize their livelihood. Saying that there may be a “hostile” workplace or they’re afraid of getting fired, especially at the level of David Letterman’s show, is ludicrous. Unless you’re also trying to float that women are too weak to speak up for themselves. At this point in time, if they are they have no business in show business or any high profile job, which includes “The Letterman Show.”
Hey, but I argued via the web back in the 1990s, long before blogging was invented, that even Monica Lewinsky got herself in the fix she landed in. She wasn’t too young to set her sights on the President of the United States, snapping her thong and coming on to him. That is not how a victim acts, no matter how stupid and weak WJC was to fall for it.
Be careful what you wish for, ladies, which includes what you go after, especially when you’re “young.” Though anyone who has ever been around a teenager has seen these young girls twist boys and men around their finger, with the power of youth something most young women are very well aware works in their favor. They use it, especially today. Parents need to be aware of their daughter’s sexuality and get involved, because NOW crying after the fact just doesn’t cut it anymore.
Letterman remains the funniest, most astute comedic voice on TV today, with no one else near his league. If women fell for his charms, well, it says one thing. All the research I did on relationships that revealed women find humor an irresistible aphrodisiac remains true and always will. Couple that with Kissinger’s quote about power and you’ve got a dangerously seductive cocktail where Letterman is concerned.
NOW obviously needs a broader canvas, because bellyaching about Letterman just makes them sound stupid. There are women in lower level positions that are threatened, like the situation Franken is fighting, which no one doubts. Pick better causes.
And women in the workplace beware. It’s the 21st century. Your behavior, including choosing workplace entanglements, is now on you.
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