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And then, Thrush was suspended by the Times on Monday the latest in a series of influential men hit by allegations of sexual misconduct.
Earlier that day, the news site Vox published a story accusing Thrush, 50, of having a history of bad judgment around young women journalists. In the article, three women said Thrush had made unwanted contact or advances toward them. One of them was the storys author, Laura McGann, who wrote that Thrush, after a night of drinking with colleagues, put his hand on her thigh and tried kissing her against her wishes. McGann wrote that she had interviewed 40 people in and around media who know Thrush, and painted a portrait of a powerful media figure who often crossed the line with female reporters in their early 20s.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/glenn-thrush-prominent-new-york-times-reporter-suspended-after-sexual-misconduct-allegations/2017/11/20/90b24c02-ce2f-11e7-9d3a-bcbe2af58c3a_story.html?hpid=hp_hp-top-table-main_thrush-610pm%3Ahomepage%2Fstory&utm_term=.a4dc3b6b6590
woolldog
(8,791 posts)is going to be suspended for "unwanted sexual advances." This is getting ridiculous.
uponit7771
(90,353 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)No more "Old boy's club" of secrets and lies, and shaming the victim.
mythology
(9,527 posts)What's ridiculous is that we have for so long allowed an environment where women (and to a lesser extent men) have been repeatedly harassed and assaulted while the rest of the world looked the other way.
Thrush didn't get suspended for asking women out, he didn't get suspended for cheating on his wife. He got suspended because he repeatedly put his hands on women without their consent.
uponit7771
(90,353 posts)BannonsLiver
(16,435 posts)Btw, Glenn, get a grip. youre a 50 year old nerd on a newspaper salary. No 21 year old is going to be looking for that. Learn to read the room/self awareness.
oasis
(49,398 posts)"Set 'em up Joe" (insert whiskey drinking Thrush emoticon here).