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When ‘victimhood’ pays off

In today’s world all the talk was first of Weinstein’s ‘victims’ and then Epstein soon after. While there is no doubt of Epstein trafficking in children, there were a lot of adult women who were in the mix too. And if they went back to the island or the ranch or wherever more than once, I’d say that they then lose the moniker ‘victim’. To claim otherwise just infantilizes the women and further indicates that they aren’t fully responsible for their own actions.

There have always been women willing to use their beauty and their attributes in order to land a man, a job, a house, a new life. The richer and more opulent, the better. It’s just a play on the ‘oldest profession’. And many go into it with their eyes wide open and as rapacious as they claim the men are.

Basically, the point here is that yes, there are definitely women who are victims of predators. But there are also women who are the predators; they just don’t want you to realize it.

Some of these predatory girls use wide-eyed confusion and a sudden innocent “babe in the woods” mask to convince you that they had no idea what was really going on.

But now victimhood is the more profitable play.

But sadly, there’s more. It turns out that being an Epstein “victim” can also be very profitable. Michael’s piece explains:

Annie Farmer was declared by Judge Alison Nathan to have endured no “illegal sexual activity” at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell. The same was judicially declared of Anouska De Georgiou, another of the four “victims” who the government chose to call at the 2021 Maxwell trial. Anouska also spoke at the press conference yesterday, weepily recounting that for “so many years” her “voice” had been “silenced.”

“Make no mistake, my polished exterior is a shield hiding a wound that still bleeds,” Anouska poetically proclaimed. Hopefully her “wounds” were at least partially healed by the $3.25 million she received from the Epstein Victims Compensation Program. (By the way, these settlement payouts are tax-free! What a deal!)

A lot of those women were well compensated for their time. A lot of them returned over and over, even once they knew the score (if they were ignorant before). To call all of the victims, devalues the word.

ht: B



4 responses to “When ‘victimhood’ pays off”

  1. Being a harlot (aka “victim”) is a risky business. Bit of a gamble whether you get money or stones thrown at you.

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  2. A huge part of why Divorce Law in many states is so utterly one-sided. I was evicted from my home and stripped of all of my possessions in the process based on the (at the time) “Wife” standing before a magistrate in Pike County, PA and uttering a litany of complete falsehoods and out and out lies.

    Her SON was willing to testify on MY behalf to refute her claims but was discouraged from doing so my MY legal “Counsel”.

    The Court of course has to “Err on the side of caution”.

    Had the attorneys (both hers and mine) NOT convinced her (after the divorce) to “Withdraw her Complaint”, I would have then been classified in the Commonwealth as a “Physical Abuser” and would have to register with the police department of any and all municipalities I chose to live in.

    Victimhood has it’s advantages in certain cases.

    Karma, OTOH, offers no mercy. She succumbed to alcoholism a while ago.

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  3. I have played out the Harvey Weinstein casting couch scenario in my mind a few times. Here’s how it goes:

    Beautiful, young aspiring actress being interviewed by Weinstein.

    “OK, here is the deal. I’ll get you one or two film deals and by this time next year, you’ll be famous, have about $8 to $10 million in your bank account with the prospect of more films and another $16 to $20 million next year.”

    “I’m not doing this out of the goodness of my heart so either get your panties off or play “the pink oboe”. Your choice”.

    The woman has two choices. Either say “What do you think I am? That is basically prostitution. No way, you creep”.

    Or she could get her knickers off …

    OK, I think Weinstein is a particularly unsavoury character and I would not want him as a friend but, 20 years down the line when the women are rich beyond the dreams of avarice, world famous and living lives of unimaginable luxury and ease, it seems Weinstein kept his part of the bargain. For them to claim victim status is a bit ingenious (a posh word for lying).

    My sympathies, and very limited sympathies at that, lean towards Weinstein. Buyers regret is no crime in my opinion.

    I’m over age 70 and as a child (from age 5 or 6 onwards) my parents referred to “the casting couch” in relation to the selection of actresses in particular so none of the women can claim that they were ignorant of what was expected of them. They chose the easy route to money, wealth and fame.

    As for Epstein, who would be suspicious of an offer of “Let my fly you to my private island on my own private jet where you can party all day long, meet wealthy, powerful and influential people and make friends with them. And everything is freeeeeeeee.” All perfectly innocent I’m sure (the internet needs a sarcasm font).

    Besides the woman that Prince Andrew (at the time) was supposed to have had sex with was over the age of legal consent both in America and England. Hence the ditty:

    “The Grand old Duke of York,
    He paid 12 million quid
    To someone he never knew
    For something he never did”.

    Again, a deeply unsavoury character that I have little sympathy with but criminal behaviour? Hmmmmm!

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  4. In the same vein as the Epstein and Weinstein girls, I read a story recently about the “yacht girls” in So Cal and FL who lounge around on big boats half naked and get paid to do it.

    Yet another twist on the “oldest
    profession”.

    One of the things I never understood about the women who are associated with Weinstein is the low standards and low self respect they have. The guy is uglier than a mud fence, yet they stoop to doing the nasty with him for jobs?

    Utterly insane.

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