December 1, 2017. Madison, Mississippi. The News.

My goodness.  Every time I turn around, some other famous person has been fired, mostly for bad  behavior of a sexual nature.  The news has gotten interesting.  The question to ask is why is this happening now?   The suggestion seems to be that social media is the reason.  Secrets can no longer be kept hidden.   In the olden days, facts of behavior were rumors but those facts never hit the press.  It was known that an attractive woman should never be alone with Ted Kennedy,  and that FDR and JFK had affairs.  Also LBJ.   Even Cokie Roberts agreed that Conyers was a bad actor for the past 20 yers.  And of course the ladies who tried to tell the world about Bill Clinton were castigated and an attempt made to make them foolish and promiscuous.   The press covered all that behavior hidden.

And the Congress evidently had a slush fund to pay off folks who were blowing the whistle.  Who knew?

My friend Marilyn  and I decided that we were both not beautiful, and so received no sexual aggressive behavior directed our way.  Both of us worked along men our whole life but never experienced attacks.  Now I am learning that we were in the minority...or maybe not.

The company, L&F, in order to protect their workers, always kept at least 2 walls in every office to be windows, so no one could say after the fact of what went on inside the office.  It was smart.  Both men and women must protect themselves from those who make mischief.  And of course, what about the assumption of innocence until proven guilty?   That has gone out the window.  We live in interesting times.  The news are never dull these days.