{"id":31178,"date":"2022-03-21T17:10:04","date_gmt":"2022-03-21T21:10:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=31178"},"modified":"2022-04-04T18:16:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T22:16:45","slug":"harassment-needs-to-stop-being-passed-off-as-entertainment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/harassment-needs-to-stop-being-passed-off-as-entertainment\/","title":{"rendered":"Harassment Needs To Stop Being Passed Off As Entertainment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the past few weeks, rapper Kanye West\u2019s Instagram page has become the source of public entertainment and discourse.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Various posts feature his incessant and unwanted attempt to rekindle his relationship with Kim <a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/keeping-up-with-the-kardashians-coming-to-an-end-after-14-years\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Kardashian<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The situation has progressively escalated to worrisome status.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">His Instagram has documented real-life events such as Kanye having a truck full of roses delivered to Kardashian&#8217;s house.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While the act might seem somewhat romantic at first glance, it quickly loses that illusion once the context is considered.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has actively been threatening her new partner, comedian <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/name\/nm0203457\/\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Pete Davidson<\/span><\/a>. If we remove the glamorous lens of celebritydom, it simply becomes an overbearing unwanted act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a painful reminder of a reality that way too many women are familiar with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The notion that their rejections and boundaries are simply suggestions that the \u201cromantic\u201d thing to do is to keep pushing and asking. In what other context is actively going against someone\u2019s wishes considered acceptable?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This pervasive idea that women\u2019s desires and decisions are malleable is often perpetuated in romantic movies where the \u201cstubborn\u201d woman simply needs constant attempts by the male lead to make her realize her \u201ctrue feelings.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The reality is that Kardashian doesn\u2019t want to be wooed. She wants to move forward with her life. She wants to pursue new relationships. West is deciding to make those decisions for her.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This isn\u2019t the first time that West has devalued a woman\u2019s independence.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2016, he famously rapped, regarding singer Taylor Swift, \u201cI made that b*tch famous\u201d as an attempt to take credit for her success due to his infamous interruption of her speech at the 2009 VMA\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He has also shared private conversations between himself, his ex-wife and his ex-wife\u2019s new partner with millions of followers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davidson has become the target of West\u2019s attacks through social media. He has even been the subject of a claymation music video in which West\u2019s character cuts off Davidson\u2019s head. Kanye has also encouraged his fans to scream \u201cKimYe Forever\u201d at Davidson.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While it is important to acknowledge that Kanye\u2019s struggle with bipolar disorder may be clouding his judgment and that racially motivated attacks toward him are never justified, his behavior toward Kardashian is undeniably harassment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, a big part of the internet doesn\u2019t seem to recognize that. Some are trivializing it. Others are using it as material for comedy through reposts or memes. And lastly, some are taking it even further and calling her \u201cdeserving\u201d of such treatment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kardashian is not without flaws. She\u2019s been accused of various transgressions ranging from setting unrealistic body expectations through the non-disclosure of cosmetic procedures to the appropriation of Black culture.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nevertheless, it should not be weaponized to \u201cdisqualify\u201d her from the status of a victim nor to laugh at her distress.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a very dangerous road to take when we start to pick and choose which women are worthy of respect or which ones are deserving of the sexism and harassment they receive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Respect is not something to be won over through someone&#8217;s character.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When we deny Kardashian respect, sympathy and support, we are telling all women that an ex crossing boundaries and sending threats is only creepy and unacceptable if she\u2019s been a \u201cgood girl.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We need to do better as a society.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past few weeks, rapper Kanye West\u2019s Instagram page has become the source of public entertainment and discourse.\u00a0 Various posts feature his incessant and unwanted attempt to rekindle his relationship with Kim Kardashian. 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