You’re not going to believe this – and if you have a sliver of feminist ideals in you, your blood might start to boil just a little.

According to a Page Six report – which was “strongly denied as absurd” by his rep, by the way – Harvey Weinstein has been going around telling confidants that the sexual-harassment scandal surrounding him happened for a reason because, well:

[H]e was born to take the fall for his behavior [sic] in order to ‘change the world.’ He is resigned to his punishment—as a martyr for social change.

Gross.

The notion comes after Weinstein has been accused by more than 80 women for either sexual harassment, assault, or rape between the 70s and 2015, reports Daily Beast. You can check out our coverage of the saga here.

The repercussions have seen Weinstein removed from a variety of institutions, including the most recent being a lifetime ban from the Producers Guild of America.

The group announced the decision on Monday, releasing a statement that said:

“In light of Mr. Weinstein’s widely reported behavior—with new reports continuing to surface even now—the Producers Guild’s National Board has voted unanimously to enact a lifetime ban on Mr. Weinstein, permanently barring him from PGA membership. This unprecedented step is a reflection of the seriousness with which the Guild regards the numerous reports of Mr. Weinstein’s decades of reprehensible conduct. Sexual harassment can no longer be tolerated in our industry or within the ranks of Producers Guild membership. As stated previously, the PGA’s Officers and National Board of Directors have created the Anti-Sexual Harassment Task Force specifically charged with researching and proposing substantive and effective solutions to combat sexual harassment in the entertainment industry.”

However, Weinstein has repeatedly denied “any allegations of nonconsensual sex” through his reps, even though he booked himself into a sex rehab. Pfffft.

But the thing is, Weinstein is sort of, kind of right, although it kills me to say so.

Since the accusations against him have came flooding in, it has encouraged more victims to speak out about other powerful Hollywood men who have acted in a similar manner.

From Fast Company, the list so far:

• Roy Price, the head of Amazon Studios, has been accused of sexual harassment by producer Isa Dick Hackett. He has since resigned.
• Andy Signore, creator of Screen Junkies and the popular “Honest Trailers” series, has been accused of sexual harassment by at least five women. He has since been fired by Defy Media.
• Ben Affleck, has been accused of groping actress Hilary Burton on the set of MTV’s TRL in the early-2000’s. Affleck has since apologized.
• Bob Weinstein, super producer and brother of Harvey, has been accused of sexual harassment by Amanda Segel, an executive producer of the Weinstein Co.-produced TV series The Mist. A Weinstein representative has since denied the charge.
• Matt Mondanile, the former guitarist for the band Real Estate, has been accused by several women of sexual misconduct. Mondanile has since denied any wrongdoing.
• Oliver Stone, has been accused by actress Carrie Stevens of groping her at a party once. She tweeted this allegation in response to Stone tepidly defending Weinstein in the early aftermath of the charges against him.
• James Toback, director of films such as Black and White, has been accused by literally hundreds of women of a range of sexual harassments. He has since vehemently denied the charges, while Beverly Hills police have launched an investigation whose scope includes both Toback and Harvey Weinstein.
• Lockhart Steele, the creator of popular websites such as Curbed and Racked, has been accused of sexual harassment by former Vox employee Eden Rohatensky. Vox has since fired Steele.
• Mark Halperin, the reporter, author, and media personality, has been accused of sexual harassment by several women going back many years. He has admitted to some misconduct, although his account is in dispute, and he has since been dropped by several of his employers, including NBC News, MSNBC, and HBO.
• Andrew Kramer, the Lionsgate executive, has been accused of sexual harassment by a former assistant. He has since been dropped.
• Eli Wiesel, the Nobel Prize-winning author and human-rights advocate has been accused of groping a 19-year-old in 1989. Wiesel passed away in 2016 and is thus unable to confirm or deny the account.
• Leon Wieseltier, formerly an editor at The New Republic, has been accused by several female colleagues of sexual harassment. Wiseltier has admitted to some “offenses” and funding has since been pulled from the new magazine he had planned to launch.
• Twiggy Ramirez a/k/a Jeordie White, the bassist from Marilyn Manson has been accused of rape. He has since been fired from the band.
• Tyler Grasham, the Hollywood agent, has been accused of sexual assault and sodomy by actor Tyler Cornell, who has also filed a police report. Grasham has since been fired by his agency, ACA.
• Ethan Kath, the producer/performer behind Crystal Castles has been accused by former bandmate Alice Glass of sexual assault. Kath denies the allegations.
• Chris Savino, the creator of Nickelodeon’s The Loud House, has been accused by multiple women of sexual harassment. He has since been fired from the show.
• Knight Landesman, the Artforum publisher and a power broker in the art world, has been accused of sexual harassment by at least nine women, who have filed a joint lawsuit. Landesman has since resigned from Artforum.
• Robert Scoble, the veteran tech blogger, has been accused of sexual assault by multiple women. He has since resigned from the “mixed reality” consulting firm he co-founded earlier in 2017.
• George H.W. Bush, the former president, has been accused by several women of groping them while making a bad joke (punchline: “David Cop-a-Feel.”) Rather than denying the charges, Bush has issued a statement through his spokesperson, introducing the world to the concept of a “good-natured” groping.
• Kevin Spacey, the star of Netflix’s House of Cards, has been accused by actor Anthony Rapp of making unwanted sexual advances when Rapp was 14 years old. Spacey released a statement claiming he was drunk and did not remember the encounter, and Netflix has since suspended production on the sixth season of House of Cards.
• Jeremy Piven, the actor most famous for his role on HBO’s Entourage, has been accused by actress Ariane Bellamar of groping her on multiple accusations during the filming of that show. Piven has denied the allegations.
• Hamilton Fish V, the publisher of The New Republic, has been accused by multiple female employees of sexual harassment. He has since taken a leave of absence.
• Andy Dick, the famously assault-prone comedic performer, has been accused of sexual harassment by multiple people on the set of the indie film, Raising Buchanan. He has since been fired from the film.
• Brett Ratner, the director behind hits such as Rush Hour, has been accused by six women of a number of sexual offenses. Ratner’s lawyer has disputed these accounts.
• Dustin Hoffman, the veteran actor from films like The Graduate and Tootsie, has been accused of sexually harassing Anna Graham when she was a 17-year-old production assistant in 1985.
• Michael Oreskes, a top editor at NPR, has been accused by multiple women of sexual harassment. He has since resigned.

Shit’s getting deep; soon the target will be men in your own social circle and that’s when things will get nasty.

[source:thedailybeast]