the next contestant on Your Career is Over: NdG Tyson

[pavulon]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/neil-degrasse-tyson-sexual-misconduct-024520353.html

[varmint]

Get more of a creepy vibe from bill nye. But whatever.

[porsche4life]

Disappointed to see it about him, but if it proves to be true, he deserves what he has coming. No sympathy for these creeps.

[porsche4life]

His personal post on the matter.

https://ascienceenthusiast.com/neil-degrasse-tyson-releases-statement-accused-sexual-misconduct/

[flatbutt]

No drugs, no rape, no forced contact but the guy has to go on the defensive. sigh

[sc_rufctr]

I'm surprised. He doesn't seem the type but do any of them?

An ugly mutton head like Harvey well yes but not Neil.

[Tobra]

I wonder if any of it is true

[sc_rufctr]

How many men did things more than 10 years ago that they regret? I'd bet there are plenty.
(hopefully they regret it)

If you did? --- Don't get famous!

[BeyGon]

I believe him more than the women that want to be famous now or make some money

[GH85Carrera]

Originally Posted by BeyGon

I believe him more than the women that want to be famous now or make some money

Yep, me too.

[Gogar]

Great so now a lady can ruin a guys life by stating “she felt a little awkward.”

[BeyGon]

he touched the tattoo on her shoulder, he gave the one a sexy handshake, I want to learn that one, and the other, the girl he was dating was drunk, woke up and he did her again.

[Evans, Marv]

Sorry but I'm getting a little weary with unsubstantiated accusations from decades ago accompanied with hysteria and demands for retribution from all the hand wringers. If I were unjustly accused of something like this, I'd file a civil suite, after the situation was resolved, against the individual(s) and organizations that caused me damage. It's just another facet of the out of control PC movement(s).

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Great so now a lady can ruin a guys life by stating “she felt a little awkward.”

This has been on the rise for some time. People are no longer responsible for their own feelings. That's not an excuse for bad behavior but insecure people now run the show because they can...so much so that nobody gets a pass for being human.

[island911]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

... He doesn't seem the type but do any of them?
...

He is an attention-whore; more interested in celebrity than anything else.

My dislike for the man aside, I'm with Dean in giving him the benefit of the doubt, on this.








and he went to jail for it.

[epbrown]

Originally Posted by Tobra

I wonder if any of it is true

Their stories jibe, the problem is they each have different subtext. My criticism of the WaPo story is the use of "tried to leave" in her account. There's nothing to indicate it was only an attempt - she did leave when she wanted. It was more "as she was leaving, he shook hands weird". And he "pointed the knife at her" how? Was he gesturing? Threatening? Handing it to her?

On his side, my criticism is he doesn't address the hugging comment, which is does sound like a line, imo.

Her take, according to the WaPo:

But when Tyson invited her to his home after a day on the set, Watson said, he removed his shirt so he was only wearing an undershirt and started to serve wine and cheese. At one point, Tyson pointed the knife at Watson, she alleged. He later spoke about how all people needed “release” and asked what hers was. When Watson tried to leave, Tyson asked her to perform a handshake he said he had learned from a Native American elder, which involved feeling a person’s pulse and staring into their eyes. She said he told her, “I want to hug you right now, but if I do I’ll just want more.”

“It felt very manipulative and strange,” Watson said of Tyson’s behavior. The hug comment made her particularly uncomfortable. “I felt like he was expressing that he wanted to have a sexual relationship with me.”

His take:

In the final week of shooting, with just a few days left, as a capstone of our friendship, I invited her to wine & cheese at my place upon dropping me off from work. No pressure. I serve wine & cheese often to visitors. And I even alerted her that others from the production were gathering elsewhere that evening, so she could just drop me off and head straight there or anywhere elsewhere. She freely chose to come by for wine & cheese and I was delighted. In the car, we had started a long conversation that could continue unabated. Production days are long. We arrived late, but she was on her way home two hours later.

Further, I never touched her until I shook her hand upon departure. On that occasion, I had offered a special handshake, one I learned from a Native elder on reservation land at the edge of the Grand Canyon. You extend your thumb forward during the handshake to feel the other person’s vital spirit energy -- the pulse. I’ve never forgotten that handshake, and I save it in appreciation of people with whom I’ve developed new friendships.

[pwd72s]

I remember the press laughing at Pence when he said he wouldn't dine with a woman unless his wife was there.

[sugarwood]

Originally Posted by island911

He is an attention-whore; more interested in celebrity than anything else.

+1
Tyson is the Dr. Oz of space.
More interested in fame than his craft.
At least he doesn't peddle snake oil scams.

[legion]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

I remember the press laughing at Pence when he said he wouldn't dine with a woman unless his wife was there.

Yep.

I pretty much have the same rule. Actually, mine goes much further.

At work, unless I know a person very well, I only speak about work matters. I only ask superficial personal questions. I never talk about anything that could remotely be construed as sexual. This goes for men and women both. You never know who could overhear something. I've had people (men and women, both) try to get revenge on me because I wasn't interested in their advances (I've been with my wife 20 years and in my current job for 18.)

Outside of work, I do not initiate conversations with women unless I already know them very well. Period. If a woman that I don't know very well initiates a conversation with me, I am polite but I keep it short. It's not uncommon for me to go to the gym and only say hello to the person at the front desk and ask someone if they are done with a piece of equipment. It's too easy for an innocent comment to be interpreted as "hitting on someone".

I can count on zero hands the number of times I've been in a one-on-one situation with a woman who is not my wife since I've been married.

[ckelly78z]

This "Me Too" movement has devolved our society to a >he said, she said< soap opera where the only winners are the media.