>>BERNIE SANDERS SAID ON SUNDAY THAT HE WANTS TO SEE A
REVOLUTION IN THIS COUNTRY IN THE WAY THAT WE TREAT WOMEN.
TAKE A LOOK.
>>AL FRANKEN INDICATED THAT HE WAS GOING TO RESIGN, AND I THINK
WHAT FRANKEN DID TOUCHES ON AN ISSUE OF IN NORMA'S CONSEQUENCE
FOR THIS COUNTRY.
AND WHAT I WORRY ABOUT, JAY, IS NOT JUST
ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS WITH REGARD TO FAMOUS PEOPLE, WE SEE THAT IN
THE PAPERS EVERY DAY WHETHER IT'S THE MEDIA, THE CORPORATE
WORLD, OR IN POLITICS -- RIGHT NOW AS WE SPEAK IN RESTAURANTS
ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY, IN OFFICES ALL OVER THIS COUNTRY,
THERE ARE FOLKS WHO ARE NOT FAMOUS WHO ARE HARASSING WOMEN,
MAKING DEMANDS ON WOMEN, THAT ARE OBSCENE, AND WE NEED A
REVOLUTION IN THE WAY WE TREAT WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE FROM THE
BOTTOM ON UP.
>>THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT POINT BERNIE SANDERS MADE AND I
WANT TO DRAW ATTENTION TO THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT'S CRUCIAL
THAT WE RECOGNIZE THIS.
THE ME TOO MOVEMENT HAS BEEN SO
EMPOWERING AND SO AFFECTED IN SO MANY WAYS.
THAT SAID, IT'S A
MOVEMENT FOR THE PRIVILEGED.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE COMING OUT
OUR FAMOUS WOMEN, THEY ARE RICH WHITE WOMEN, FRANKLY, AND IT'S
LEAVING OUT AN ENTIRE DEMOGRAPHIC OF WOMEN WHO CANNOT
COME FORWARD AND SAY ME TOO.
NOW, THE MAJORITY OF WOMEN WHO
ARE SEXY HARASSED OR SEXUALLY ABUSED ARE ACTUALLY WITHIN THE
SERVICE INDUSTRY, AND THOSE ARE WOMEN WHO MAY BE OUR IN HOTEL
ROOMS ALONE WITH GUESTS WHO THEY CANNOT COME OUT AGAINST, OR IF
IT IS -- IF THEY ARE IN A RESTAURANT AND IT'S SOMEONE THEY
ARE WAITING A TABLE ON, SOMETHING LIKE THAT, OR IF THEY
ARE A HOUSEKEEPER AND THERE IS NO UNION TO PROTECT THEM, THEIR
BOSS IS THE PERSON WHO IS SEXUALLY HARASSING OR ABUSING
THEM, THERE IS NO H.R. DEPARTMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE
THAT.
THESE WOMEN ARE BEING LEFT OUT OF THIS MOVEMENT, WE ARE
FORGETTING THE WOMEN IN THIS MOVEMENT AS WE TRY TO COMBAT
THIS HORRENDOUS AND UBIQUITOUS PROBLEM.
I WANT TO SHARE YOU A
CHART THAT TALKS ABOUT THE TOTAL SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES FILED
BY INDUSTRY BETWEEN 2005 AND 2015.
KEEP IN MIND WHILE LOOKING
AT THIS THAT THESE NUMBERS AREN'T TOTALLY REPRESENTATIVE
BECAUSE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IS ONE OF THE MOST UNDERREPORTED CRIMES
THAT WE HAVE, SO THESE NUMBERS MIGHT BE MUCH BIGGER, MUCH
GREATER, ESPECIALLY IN THE SERVICE INDUSTRY WHERE WOMEN MAY
NOT FEEL THAT THEY CAN COME OUT AND REPORT THESE THINGS.
LET'S
LOOK AT THIS, THE TOP REPORTING ARE ACCOMMODATION AND FOOD
SERVICES, THE RETAIL TRADE, HEALTHCARE AND SOCIAL
ASSISTANCE, ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT, WASTE MANAGEMENT,
REMEDIATION, ALL THESE SORTS OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES.
THEN YOU
LOOK DOWN AT 1.61%, THAT IS ARTS, ENTERTAINMENT, AND
RECREATION.
IT FEELS LIKE EVERY SINGLE DAY WE SEE ANOTHER
ACTRESS OR MUSICIAN COMING FORWARD TALKING ABOUT SEXUAL
HARASSMENT OR SEXUAL ABUSE, THAT ONLY ACCOUNTS FOR 1.61% OF THESE
SEXUAL HARASSMENT CHARGES, AND WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT THE
MAJORITY OF SEXUAL HARASSMENT THAT HAPPENING IT'S WITHIN THESE
SERVICE INDUSTRIES AND WE ARE COMPLETELY LEAVING BEHIND THESE
LOW INCOME WOMEN, OFTENTIMES WOMEN OF COLOR, AND WE NEED TO
CHANGE THAT AND START FROM THE BOTTOM UP JUST LIKE BERNIE
SANDERS IS TALKING ABOUT.
>>DIDN'T I TELL YOU THE OTHER DAY, WHEN I WAS HERE LAST WEEK,
THAT WHEN I WENT TO BREAKFAST WITH YOU I LEFT RELIEVED THAT
YOU WEREN'T A PERVERT?
ISN'T THAT THE SENSIBILITY OF ALL
WOMEN, THAT WHEN WE HAVE TO ENCOUNTER A MAN IN A POSITION OF
POWER, ESPECIALLY SOMEONE WHO IS FAR MORE EMPOWERED THAN WE ARE,
WE HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING IN A SITUATION THAT IS
UNCOMFORTABLE BECAUSE IT IS SO EMBEDDED IN OUR CULTURE.
AND
THEY ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE GIRLS AT APPLEBEE'S.
AND WHEN I
WORK AT THE COMEDY CLUB, BECAUSE I'M THE HEADLINER THAT WEEKEND,
I ENCOUNTER SOMEONE BEING INAPPROPRIATE WITH ME, SO I
ALWAYS THINK ABOUT THE SERVERS THAT ARE THERE.
BECAUSE IF I SAY
SOMETHING, SOMETHING CAN HAPPEN, BUT THOSE GIRLS CAN LOSE THEIR
JOBS.
EVEN THE OTHER DAY WHEN YOU ASKED ME ABOUT RUSSELL
SIMMONS, I HAVE TO BE CAREFUL BECAUSE HE'S A PRODUCER OF
COMEDY SHOWS AND IF I SAY THE WRONG THING ABOUT RUSSELL
SIMMONS I MAY NOT WORK IN A COMEDY SHOW AGAIN.
WE ALWAYS
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THESE THINGS.
THIS IS A CULTURAL
ISSUE.
WHERE IN THE WORLD CAN YOU GO THAT WOMEN DON'T FEEL
THAT THEY ARE BEING -- THAT THEY ARE SECOND-BEST?
IT'S
EVERYWHERE, IT'S IN EVERYTHING, AND I DO AGREE WITH BERNIE.
WE
HAVE TO HAVE A PARADIGM SHIFT, AND IT BEGINS WITH THE EDUCATION
OF OUR BOYS.
THE BIGGEST FEMINIST IN OUR HOUSE IS MY SON.
MY DAUGHTER KNOWS, I TALKED TO HER ABOUT IT, BUT I HAD TO
EDUCATE MY SON ON HOW TO TREAT WOMEN.
>>YOU TOLD ME THAT STORY OFF THE AIR ABOUT THE BREAKFAST, AND
IT WAS A REALLY INTERESTING PERSPECTIVE, I NEVER THOUGHT OF
IT THAT WAY.
I GO TO BREAKFAST MEETINGS ALL THE TIME, I DON'T
THINK TWICE ABOUT IT, BUT FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE WHEN YOU WENT
TO TALK TO ME ABOUT A SHOW, YOU HAD TO BE CONCERNED, IS HE THIS
TYPE OF GUY OR THAT TYPE OF GUY?
AND WHEN YOU SAID THAT TO ME I
WAS LIKE, WOW, I'VE NEVER HAD TO GO TO ANY MEETING, BREAKFAST OR
OTHERWISE, WHERE I THOUGHT MIGHT I BE IN DANGER?
AND WHAT MIGHT
HAPPEN HERE THAT PUTS ME IN AN AWKWARD SPOT?
SO TRY TO THINK
ABOUT THE SHOE BEING ON THE OTHER FOOT AND BROADEN YOUR
PERSPECTIVE HERE.
AND FOR WHAT BERNIE SAID, I KNOW WHY THE
MEDIA COVERS OTHER STUFF MORE, AND IT'S VERY LOGICAL.
EVERYBODY
KNOWS HARVEY WEINSTEIN AND KEVIN SPACEY, A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THE
ACCUSERS, ASHLEY JUDD, ETC., SO IT'S HARD TO RESIST THAT STORY,
AND YOU SHOULDN'T. AND IN FACT COVERING THAT 1.6% HAS LED TO, I
THINK, AND AWAKENING THAT HAS AFFECTED THE REST OF THE CULTURE
AND SOCIETY, SO I THINK IT'S BEEN A GREAT MOVEMENT OVERALL.
WE HAVE TO FIND A WAY, I'M NOT SURE WHAT THE ANSWER IS, TO GET
THE HELP FOR OTHER WOMEN WHO NEED IT WHEN IT'S NOT AS
INTERESTING TO THE REST OF THE MEDIA TO COVER IT.
>>YOU MAKE A GREAT POINT BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THE
ASHLEY JUDDS OF THE WORLD, ROSE MCGOWAN, LUPITA NYONG'O, CAME
OUT BECAUSE THE EXPEDITED THIS CULTURAL SHIFT IN THE WAY PEOPLE
COULD GRASP ONTO BECAUSE THEY ARE TANGIBLE, WE KNOW WHO THEY
ARE, THEY HAVE NAME RECOGNITION AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THEY
COME FORWARD, AND IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THINGS SHIFT FROM THE TOP
DOWN AS WELL.
IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE SEXUAL HARASSMENT
TRAINING IN CONGRESS AND THE SENATE, WE MAKE MORE LAWS TO TRY
TO PREVENT THIS SORT OF THING FROM HAPPENING, BUT I THINK WHAT
AIDA IS GETTING AT AND WHAT IS IMPORTANT, OBVIOUSLY THE
PUNISHMENT OF THE MEN WHO DO THESE THINGS AND COMMIT THESE
SORTS OF ACTS IS CRUCIAL TO THIS SHIFT WE SEE, BUT IT'S ALSO
REALLY ABOUT EDUCATION.
FOR WOMEN, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT,
CENK, IT'S NOT IF WE ARE GOING TO GET SEXY HARASSED, OR IF WE
ARE GOING TO GET SEXUALLY ASSAULTED, IT'S WHEN.
THAT IS
THE REALITY OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A WOMAN.
YOU CAN GO TO ONE
MEETING AND IT COULD BE OKAY, THEN THE NEXT MEETING IT'S NOT.
SO FOR THESE WOMEN WHO HAVE THESE ESTABLISHED CAREERS AND
HAVE THE PLATFORM TO COME FORWARD, I APPLAUD THEM, BUT IF
YOU ARE YOUNGER, IF YOU DON'T HAVE AN ESTABLISHED CAREER, IF
YOU ARE IN A LOW INCOME JOB, IF YOU ARE A PERSON OF COLOR, IT'S
NOT SO EASY, SO WE NEED TO PROVIDE A NET FOR THEM TO COME
FORWARD ABOUT THESE THINGS, WE NEED TO PROVIDE THEM PROTECTION,
AND WE REALLY NEED TO PROVIDE AN EDUCATION FOR OUR BOYS THAT IT'S
NOT OKAY TO EXERT YOUR POWER IN THESE WAYS AND IT'S NOT OKAY TO
HOLD THESE BELIEFS THAT YOU CAN SPEAK ABOUT, ACT AROUND WOMEN,
IN THESE WAYS.
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