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The Terry Crews aka Gym Crow aka Muscle Ruckus Thread

Shouldnt there be a outcry of women from the metoo movement....where the fuck are they. THis is just going to continue the cycle of men treating women like shit and getting away with it.




LOL im just kidding aint no women going to go crazy over terry crews situation....MUST BE TWO SIDES
 
dam i got a feelings whoever hit that please explain whats wrong with my statement aside from the jokingly men gonna continue hitting women part
 
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entr...until-theyre-dead_us_5af1e510e4b041fd2d2bbea2

Terry Crews: Black Men Aren’t Allowed To Be Victims Until They’re Dead

The actor spoke to HuffPost about being a sexual assault survivor and deprogramming toxic masculinity.

Terry Crews is not here for any macho-man bullshit.

“Masculinity can be a cult,” Crews said at the Women in the World Summit in April. “And when I say ‘cult,’ it’s no different than David Koresh. It’s no different than Jim Jones.”

And the “Brooklyn Nine-Nine” actor knows the cost of toxic masculinity all too well. Amid the Me Too reckoning this past fall, Crews publicly accused Hollywood executive Adam Venit of groping him at a party in 2016. His story gave a face and a platform to many other male survivors, and reminded the public that men are sexually assaulted, too. But it hasn’t been easy.

“When I walk into a room, guys are split down the middle with me and my story,” Crews told HuffPost of his experience since going public. “But I’m OK.”

Crews, 49, pressed charges against Venit in December, but the Los Angeles District Attorneys office dropped the case due to the statute of limitations. Although Venit will not face criminal charges, Crews is still suing him in civil court.

While Crews’ name has been in the headlines more than usual the last few months, he’s no stranger to activism. The former NFL player, husband and father of five has advocated for women and criticized strict gender roles since he published his book about men and masculinity, Manhood: How to Be a Better Man — or Just Live with One, in 2014. Since then, he’s regularly called out sexism, supported sexual assault survivors and advocated for feminism.

More recently, Crews was chosen as one of Time’s “Silence Breakers” for the magazine’s Person of the Year issue. He’s also being honored alongside Me Too founder Tarana Burke at the anti-sexual violence organization Safe Horizon’s Annual Champion Awards Gala next week.

Crews spoke to HuffPost about what it’s been like to come forward with his story and the next steps in his fight against the “cult” of masculinity.
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At the Women in the World conference a few weeks ago, you said “masculinity can be a cult.” Can you talk to me a bit more about that?

I love being a man. I’m a dad. I’m a husband. I love what being a man is. But when you’ve twisted up the definition, when all of a sudden I have to do everything you say in order to be a man ― that’s a cult. ’Cause cults are about control. If you step out of line, you’re drinking Kool-Aid and we’ll kill you. That’s the whole point of a cult. Anybody who steps outside of what they deem as this definition of manhood you’re gonna find yourself in the cross-hairs.

I’m guilty of it, too. I’m not here pointing fingers at anybody. I was a card-carrying member, and all the sudden I had the wake-up call of my life. I said to myself, “You got all of this wrong.” I feel like I dodged a bullet because I easily could have lived and died as a member of this thing. I had to be deprogrammed, so to speak.

What do you think are the next steps in the Me Too movement for men, whether as survivors or allies?

Men are scared. Men are very, very scared right now. My thing is to concede. We need men to concede. We need men to say, “You know what? We’re wrong, we goofed that up.” I tell people I think it’s gonna be messy. This is not gonna be a neat, clean transition.
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This Me Too reckoning seems to have reached some men but not all men. It’s alarming that R. Kelly has had dozens of women and underage girls accuse him of sexual assault, rape, sex slavery and child abuse but somehow it has yet to tarnish his stardom.

What are your thoughts on R. Kelly and the recent campaign to get justice for his victims, specifically justice for black women?

The thing is, there are black men at the Black Lives Matter rally that are looking at a woman and saying, “Bitch, sit down.” And it’s like, wait a minute, this is about equality. But they don’t see women as equal within their own community. So, the R. Kelly thing was like, “Hey man, he’s just being a man.” He’s doing what you do as a guy, if you can get over on ’em do it.

It’s so crazy to me because, again, men need to be deprogrammed. It’s like this cognitive dissonance that occurs. Women have been saying this forever. Unfortunately, what we need is a man to say stop this. Men have to call out other guys on these issues.

Right. We need someone from the offending party to wake up and say, “We gotta stop this.” I feel like there are a lot of guys that are now starting to get it, but we need more. I think the most important thing we need to do is to continue to talk. We need to continue this conversation.

After I told my story, I have had thousands and thousands of men, either online or in person, who tell me, “Dude, that happened to me.” They’re like, “Man, thank you, thank you, thank you for saying something.” And that’s how I know I’m doing the right thing.
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Crews is the pot calling the kettle black. Didn't he admit to porn addiction and using prostitutes? Unless he did a complete background check on each and every one (unlikely) he is guilty of exploitation. He has no idea how many women he bought were forced into the life either physically or by desperation. He needs to have a seat over in the perp corner. And be quiet while there.
 
Babelipsss said:
Crews is the pot calling the kettle black. Didn't he admit to porn addiction and using prostitutes? Unless he did a complete background check on each and every one (unlikely) he is guilty of exploitation. He has no idea how many women he bought were forced into the life either physically or by desperation. He needs to have a seat over in the perp corner. And be quiet while there.
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You’re projecting with that analysis
 
Thor said:
You’re projecting with that analysis
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I'm not projecting anything. Terry Crews himself admitted that he was a desperate sex addict. On Dr Phil's show of all places (eye roll). He led a secret life for years filled with porn and hookers. Are we supposed to believe that he never misused a woman and always carefully chose well-adjusted hookers with no issues?
 
Babelipsss said:
I'm not projecting anything. Terry Crews himself admitted that he was a desperate sex addict. On Dr Phil's show of all places (eye roll). He led a secret life for years filled with porn and hookers. Are we supposed to believe that he never misused a woman and always carefully chose well-adjusted hookers with no issues?
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So you’re assuming?

Are we assuming that all the women that said Cosby did what he did is true too?
 


https://www.mediaite.com/entertainm...te-on-sexual-assault-this-happened-to-me-too/

Terry Crews Testifies Before Senate on Sexual Assault: ‘This Happened to Me Too’

Actor Terry Crews delivered harrowing testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee Tuesday, continuing to advocate for survivors of sexual assault who are speaking out in the #MeToo era.

“This past year we have seen powerful men in Hollywood and elsewhere finally held accountable for sexual assault,” the actor said, testifying in support of the Sexual Assault Survivors’ Bill of Rights. “We also saw the backlash survivors faced coming forward. I wanted these survivors to know that I believed them, I supported them, and that this happened to me too.”

Crews recounted his assault, which he said was perpetrated at a 2016 party during which Adam Venit, a then motion picture agent for WME, grabbed his genitals.

“He actually did it twice in the same night in front of my wife,” Crews recalled. “The first reaction was to be violent, and I immediately held back.”

Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) asked why Crews would have stopped himself from reacting physically, seeing as he’s a strong, large man, but the actor said he simply didn’t have that privilege.

“As a black man in America, you only have a few shots at success,” Crews responded. “You only have a few chances to make yourself a viable member of the community. I’m from Flint, MI. I have seen many young black men who were provoked into violence. They were in prison or they were killed, and they’re not here.”

Crews explained he reported the assault to WME and was told the agency would address the matter, but was only offered an apology call from Venit.

“I heard time and time again about the rights that my predator had, but I was never told about the rights I had as a survivor,” Crews said. “That was the wake up call. I knew I had to be part of what was happening here today in regard to the Sexual Assault Survivor Bill of Rights.”
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The look on those 2 niggas faces while he’s testifying...
 
I mean i understand his reasonsing for not hitting him but damn he couldnt have atleast shoved him away or something?? Made a scene and threaten to beat his ass at least?? Dont tell me he just stood there and let him??
 
Shit is a fuckin joke to everybody, but if Terry had beat the nigga crippled or killed him with his bare hands they'd be crying all types of foul, callin him a savage nigger and alladat.


The case of Terry Crews just proves that men are basically told to "suck it up".
 
Chicity said:
While this is the right move to make, from a victim standpoint, my male pride wouldn’t have been able to have gone thru with this

Buddy would have gotten dealt with THAT night. Or some other subsequent night

No way I would have went to the cops tho, nope, nah, no, not gonna happen
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My stance hasn't changed

Good for him tho
 
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