So Iâm reblogging what Kitty Pryde said, because I saw an alarming number of replies last night, that were essentially questions about whether or not this is sexual harassment.
Two illustrative examples:
Iâm not posting these to dogpile on those folks, but to illustrate a big reason behavior like Vin Dieselâs above is allowed to happen. One person sees her smiling and uses that as evidence to ignore his body language, his repeated unprofessional and inappropriate comments, and her subsequent comments about how uncomfortable it made her. He is clearly taking advantage of his power in this situation and acting like a drunk frat guy who wonât leave a woman alone, because he knows he can get away with it. Using your position of power to repeatedly tell someone theyâre beautiful when they canât walk away for any reason at all is harassment.
Listen, because I donât think youâre being a shit when you make that observation. I think you just donât realize whatâs happening: any woman will tell you that what she did is a default, learned behavior to try and deescalate a situation just like this, especially for a PR Professional whose job depends on keeping the celebrities sheâs interviewing happy). Just because sheâs smiling doesnât mean itâs okay and that sheâs okay with whatâs happening to her.Â
Now to the second comment: this makes me mad. Clearly this is not just someone saying âhey, I think youâre beautiful. Now, letâs get back to the interview.â This is quite clearly not that, and people who look at what Vin Diesel did, and then excuse it with that sort of comment are a big part of the problem.
Look, people, this isnât complicated: treat everyone with kindness and respect. You are not entitled to anyoneâs attention or approval. Vin Dieselâs behavior here is abhorrent, inappropriate, and inexcusable. I repeat what I said last night: he should be frozen out by all PR professionals on this press tour, and denied the opportunity to promote his movie, unless and until he publicly apologizes to Carol Moreira for this.
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