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Some journalists really need to be fired

Oh thank goodness, I almost had a heart attack.

During a talk at Oxford Union, according to the Daily Mail, McKellen applauded victims for coming forward about sexual harassment saying “it’s sometimes very difficult for victims to do that.” He added, “‘I hope we’re going through a period that will help to eradicate it altogether.”

He then went on to share his own experiences during the early ’60s. “The director of the theatre I was working at showed me some photographs he got from women who were wanting jobs,” he said. “Some of them had at the bottom of their photograph ‘DRR’ — directors’ rights respected. In other words, if you give me a job, you can have sex with me.” He pointed out how that was commonplace and said it was “madness.”

That’s literally from the article. Deadline ought to be ashamed of themselves.

It’s like a window back into the era of feudalism, the idea that a movie director can act like a manorial lord and demand sexual favors as a prerequisite for employment and good references. (O.o)