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Originally Posted by Karellen
Yea, I am not really a fan of his writing either. And that has absolutely nothing to do with that article.
Honestly I am a bit tired of all these news reports of gossiping of other peoples sex lives. It is an easy attack on people and it is free money for some of those so-called "victims".
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I don't see this as "gossip." This is detailed and in-depth journalism that delves into multiple aspects. It addresses the issues of consent and BDSM, for example. It also reveals that Neil Gaiman's father was a big wig in Scientology in England during Gaiman's childhood. And that Scientology upbringing resulted in Gaiman being abused when he was a child -- something he has avoided mentioning and clearly still needs to recover from.
Also, victim blaming sucks. It often comes from a place of not understanding all the legal issues of a very sticky issue. One of the victims was a young woman from an abusive family who was essentially homeless. The perfect victim. She ended up helping Gaiman's wife with free babysitting. (At the very least, they could have paid her.) He took clear advantage of someone who really had no place to go. The consent was dubious at best, and the article makes that very clear.
Yes, they paid her later, but she got around $9,000 -- and that included payments for babysitting.
There was also a victim who was threatened with eviction by Gaiman.
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Originally Posted by Karellen
If he had been found defrauding the tax department, maybe poisoned his wife, we would barely raise an eyebrow. But drag sex into it and the person should be destroyed and wiped away from history. I don't get it.
Honestly, how do the younger generation even have sex anymore with so many rules and fear of being dragged through the courts and being labelled a sex-offender for the rest of your life, because one partner wanted a bit of vengeance.
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If he had just had affair, that would be one thing. Plenty of writers have been forgiven for that. But this is more than just an affair or several affairs. It's a pattern of abuse. Let's not forget that sex can be a criminal act, of course-- if consent is not given.