Yahoo News Woody Allen slammed on Twitter for saying it's acceptable to wink at women in the workplace
Woody Allen has been blasted on Twitter after condoning the act of winking at women in the workplace in the wake of the Harvey Weinstein allegations.
The filmmaker made the comments after saying he was “sad” for Weinstein. In a stronger statement issued later, he clarified he felt sorry for the movie mogul because he is a “sad, sick man”.
Allen, who has been forced to deny allegations of sexual abuse from his adopted daughter in the past, also complained that the Weinstein scandal might make winking at work unacceptable.
“You also don’t want it to lead to a witch hunt atmosphere, a Salem atmosphere, where every guy in an office who winks at a woman is suddenly having to call a lawyer to defend himself,” he told the BBC. “That’s not right either.”
His words prompted a swift reaction online, where he was shut down by Twitter users who pointed out that winking at women in the workplace was already unacceptable.
Actually don't wink at women at work. Simple rule: if you wouldn't want a dude doing it to you in prison, don't do it to a woman at work.
— Jenny Thompson (@JCT_212) October 15, 2017
This tweet exploded a bit today. Most common responses:
* Don't wink at women in the workplace, it's sleazy & harassment.
* "Witch hunts" were when men burned women for not conforming to male ideals
* Making Weinstein about how you can't harass women at work? Not good. https://t.co/pgpHUYTDZL— ChristianChristensen (@ChrChristensen) October 15, 2017
woody allen hopes it'll never get the point where it's not ok 2 wink at a Woman in an office.. IT'S NEVER BEEN OK 2 DO THAT U CREEP WTF
— JamesVincentMcMorrow (@jamesvmcmorrow) October 15, 2017
If you can pull off a non-creepy platonic wink at work, go for it. But don’t compare outing sexual predators to a witch hunt. #WoodyAllen
— Kelly Landry (@kellylandry) October 16, 2017
So Woody Allen doesn’t want men who wink at women in an office to have a hard time. Which is so ironic because no one should be doing that.
— Amelia Nicholas (@AmeliaNYC) October 16, 2017
Woody Allen still thinks that men wink at women in offices. He's a whimsical degenerate.
— Dan (@ThatConnArtist) October 15, 2017
Allen has denied knowing about the Weinstein allegations during his career. He told the BBC: “No one ever came to me or told me horror stories with any real seriousness.”
Meanwhile, thousands of men and women took to Twitter to share their experiences of sexual assault in the wake of the Weinstein allegations using the “#MeToo” hashtag.
