On Thursday, actress Amber Tamblyn wrote an op-ed in the pages of The New York Times. The op-ed was a call for people to stop talking about proper consequences for various forms of sexual harassment and abuse, and instead to simply state that such abusers should “go away.” The piece, titled, “I’m Not Ready for the Redemption of Men,” argues that we should lump all men together, regardless of the level of crime. She acknowledges that some men should be granted the power to redeem themselves and restart their careers, but complains that asking who and how steals some of the satisfaction of the moment from victims.
Why do we need to talk about the redemption of men when we are right in the middle of the salvation of women? Not even the middle, but the very beginning? Why are we obligated to care about salvaging male careers when we have just begun to tell the stories that have plagued us for lifetimes? It seems some men like a revolution only when it’s their kind of war.
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