Why did no one speak out about Harvey Weinstein?

[delisen]

1. Cultural Context.We. are embedded in a culture

and receive unspoken or whispered messages throughout our lives as to what can and cannot be expressed in our shared narrative about who we are.

It is like a spell upon us and within which we live.

If you break the spell bad things might happen.

It is related to but not quite the same as the story, The Emperor Has No Clothes. One day a little boy tells the truth about the emperor walking around naked.

In that case the spell was broken and suddenly everyone agreed-damn the emperor is naked-even though they refused to accept that truth earlier. In fact, they had previousreinforced the group delusion by describing the emperor's clothes to each other.

But that story could have ended differently-the little truth-teller might have been bullied, beaten up, rejected by family, abandoned, ostracized, maimed, murdered.

Timing and readiness seem to be important in truth-telling.