The confession of Johan Derksen in today According to the MeToo file in Hilversum, the entry of an unconscious woman with a candle is ‘an astonishing new villainy’. That’s what president Janke Dekker of Mores, the center for reporting sexually inappropriate behavior in the entertainment industry, said in response to Derksen’s comments.
Derksen told about Tuesday evening in his program in today Piercing a drunk, unconscious woman with a candle in the 1970s. A day later, the analyst of the same program denies penetration. He was just about to sew the candle between her legs.
“At first I thought it was satire,” says Dekker. “Of course you can use humor and you may or may not like a joke. But that was inappropriate, disrespectful and disgusting.” He was furious that the guests at the table were laughing so hard with Derksen.
“At Hilversum, we are in a transition phase where the ways in which men have standardized for years are being questioned. New groups are claiming their place and position in society: women, people of color, queer people. And they point out that there is more. more to him than this straight white man.”
Dekker notes that this has led to violent reactions in some places. “Men suddenly feel attacked in their presence and existence, which is why they downplay all guilt. ‘It was the atmosphere of that time’, Derksen shouted – as if you had the right to rape people in the sixties and seventies.
“Derksen’s story is not a childhood sin”
Derksen should not see the story that he stepped into an unconscious woman with a candle fifty years ago as a ‘childhood sin’. This is the answer to Derksen’s story by sexologist Yuri Ohlrichs of the Rutgers Information Center.
“He was already a grown man when it happened,” Ohlrichs said. “Fortunately, I know very few people who do such things even in their youth.”
The sex therapist was not only shocked by the story itself, but also by the funny atmosphere at the table. “Derksen explains once again that many people are not aware that infringing behavior happens so quickly. And I’m not just talking about the story itself, but also about the reactions at the table. Such confessions are no laughing matter, it is impossible. To take this seriously.
Mores just doesn’t want to judge
Yet Mores chairman Dekker does not just want to denounce Derksen’s statements. “We have to make sure that we don’t just encounter this in society,” he emphasizes. “We need to find a new way to deal with this, based on mutual respect for each other.”
“At least in this trailer it’s in today was lacking on all fronts. Only people were destroyed here: the woman who happened to her then, and all the other victims of abuse who were not heard or understood.”
Much criticism of confession
Mariëtte Hamer, the government commissioner for excessive sexual behavior, found Johan Derksen’s confession “disappointing on television”. Politicians also reacted angrily.
Lawyer Richard Korver was shocked by Derksen’s confession in Tuesday evening’s SBS program. “What Derksen does is very painful, but what the environment does is perhaps even more painful: laugh with us,” says Korver.
Talpa Network, owner of SBS6, in today emissions, he said Wednesday to investigate the matter further. A spokesperson said: “This is a serious issue that we will investigate carefully. We will talk to Johan as soon as possible.” said.
Source: NU
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