Giles Coren on Weinstein and what a terrible shame it is that women have to power to ruin a sex pest's career

Wierd. And attention seeking.

Popchyk: I love that pic too. It's so interesting that as soon as one woman speaks out about these people (Savile, Rolf Harris, Cosby, Weinstein etc) then loads of others have the courage to speak out too. Those men never just harass one woman.

hipster: I do bloody say so! Don't start telling me that it's normal to put kisses BEFORE your name.

What a petulant, self-absorbed load of old shite. Coren is an idiot.

Also, quite aside from the main point, did you notice he puts the xxx before his name rather than after? That's weird too.

If you say so

That David Paxton piece is great.

Exposes Giles Coren and Brendan O'Neill for exactly what they are.

Woe is Man indeed.

I liked this pic that he used about Bill Cosby.

MrsKeats: "I’m a bit confused about the first paragraph. Who ends a work email with xxx ? That’s just weird and unprofessional."

This times 100. Nobody does this.

Also, quite aside from the main point, did you notice he puts the xxx before his name rather than after? That's weird too.

I hate Giles Coren. He is such a sniveling excuse for a man. Full on creep. Did anyone see that piece he wrote about being on holiday with his daughter? I struggle to believe he is Victoria's brother.

Going back to focus on looks it's also obvious that there is way too much focus on women's looks generally and the workplace no exception. The recent spate of news stories reminds us ofpart of the reason men in powerful positions select attractive women.

I look like the backend of a bus and I'm sure it doesn't do me any favours.

All people including women should be getting selected on merit not appearance but I don't see that happening in my lifetime

Yep.

He appears to get it

Agree re that article- clickable link here:
daviddpaxton.com/2017/10/21/woe-is-man/

It was some years ago Lotta. He may have reformed. Although I tend to think not.

The David Paxton piece that baden linked to (via Hadley Freeman) is worth a read.

And ugh, that Esquire article.

I hope his wife makes like Tim Lott's wife and legs it.

"It turns out that Giles Coren is a bigger arsehole than I'd thought. This is not a surprise."

Nailed it, nauticant.

Yuck!

Ugh. That's really disappointing IfNot. I had him down as one of the decent ones.

I once knew a cocktail waitress who had Matt Damon in her section. He spent the evening trying to grab her arse. Left a big tip apparently. Prince among men.

Lotta that is absolutely disgusting

I'm so glad he read out his wife's text though.

I think that part of the problem is that so many people haven't got a fucking clue and genuinely need someone to point it out to them (a la James O'Brien). Question is, how the hell can we ensure that attitudes change??

If they think there attitudes are feminist they need to look that term up.

Interesting that Coren, Weinstein, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon are all left-wing self declaring male feminists.

Yep I can see that happening but he’s meant to be a writer fgs.
He’s an idiot though as we’ve established

I’m a bit confused about the first paragraph. Who ends a work email with xxx

I've done it but it was an accident plus lack of proofreading

Also, I haven't read this yet but it sounds like the kind of thing Giles could do with reading.

I don't listen to LBC so I don't know who James O'Brien is but his wife sounds great.

Ohfour, yes yes to your post. I was cringing (much more than usual) listening to James O'Brien on LBC radio this week swearing blind that Harvey Weinstein answering the door in a towel would be completely different to Leonardo DiCaprio (or other fit bloke) answering the door in a towel. HIS OWN WIFE texted him during the show to tell him not to be such an arsehole and to his credit (i suppose) he read it out and ate humble pie. He's one of those blokes who declares himself a great 'feminist' but actually doesn't have a bloody clue. Not as offensive as Coren though