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octoberlib

(14,971 posts)
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 08:41 PM Oct 2017

Donna Karan defends pal Weinstein, says harassed women may be asking for it

Fashion designer Donna Karan has come to her pal Harvey Weinstein‘s defense ​in a bold way ​– saying sexually harassed women may be “asking for it” by dressing seductively, according to the Daily Mail.

“You look at everything all over the world today and how women are dressing and what they are asking by just presenting themselves the way they do. What are they asking for? Trouble,” she told the British tabloid in a red-carpet interview at the CinéFashion Film Awards in LA.

“To see it here in our own country is very difficult, but I also think how do we display ourselves? How do we present ourselves as women? What are we asking? Are we asking for it by presenting all the sensuality and all the sexuality?”


http://pagesix.com/2017/10/09/donna-karan-defends-pal-weinstein-says-harassed-women-may-be-asking-for-it/



This is disgusting.

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Donna Karan defends pal Weinstein, says harassed women may be asking for it (Original Post) octoberlib Oct 2017 OP
Oh please Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Oct 2017 #1
A fashion designer is saying this?? Dayum what an idiot. Her business dkny is going to crash and boston bean Oct 2017 #2
She just started trending on Twitter. She deserves everything she gets. octoberlib Oct 2017 #4
Gotta agree with that. boston bean Oct 2017 #5
Yep. Her business will crater. brush Oct 2017 #15
Jesus H. Christ cyclonefence Oct 2017 #3
Guess nobody ever harassed her. dhol82 Oct 2017 #6
i don't know what her background is but i'm reminded of Ivanka Trump JI7 Oct 2017 #18
She's an embarrassment. smirkymonkey Oct 2017 #7
Doesn't Donna Karan Contribute To This With Her Sexy Fashions?.....nt global1 Oct 2017 #8
FUDK Solly Mack Oct 2017 #9
Post removed Post removed Oct 2017 #10
No reason to use sexist language yourself. bettyellen Oct 2017 #11
Mmmmhmmm bathroommonkey76 Oct 2017 #12
Just found out something interesting. dhol82 Oct 2017 #13
Wow. Kiss your brand goodbye DKNY. Glimmer of Hope Oct 2017 #14
Well, of course! PoindexterOglethorpe Oct 2017 #16
hmm.. that's funny.... Takket Oct 2017 #17

cyclonefence

(4,483 posts)
3. Jesus H. Christ
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 08:47 PM
Oct 2017

Can you believe that an independent, successful businesswoman, of all people, would hold this hoary old belief. Asking for it. I'm speechless.

JI7

(89,250 posts)
18. i don't know what her background is but i'm reminded of Ivanka Trump
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 11:53 PM
Oct 2017

and how they say it has never happened to her.

it helps when the only place you work for is your family business .

Response to octoberlib (Original post)

 

bathroommonkey76

(3,827 posts)
12. Mmmmhmmm
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 09:41 PM
Oct 2017

Weinstein is a sexually predator- normal guys I know don't masturbate into potted plants after they see a beautiful woman.

dhol82

(9,353 posts)
13. Just found out something interesting.
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 09:55 PM
Oct 2017

The DKNY line has been sold to a Chinese company. Donna Karan has nothing to do with it anymore.
ALSO! - it’s the same company that manufactures Ivanka Trump’s line.
How’s that for weird coincidence?

Takket

(21,573 posts)
17. hmm.. that's funny....
Mon Oct 9, 2017, 11:14 PM
Oct 2017

i've seen women wearing everything from giant parkas down to bikinis made of dental floss and i've never thought for a second that any of them wanted me to sexually harass them, nor have i had any desire to sexually harass them. but I guess that's just the difference between a kind human being and a scum sucking sociopath.

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