Why the RW hates Gloria Allred

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

She's received come criticism from the left, but she is downright despised by the RW. I think I know why.

Her visibility has made her both prized and disdained by the media, whose attention she so visibly courts, which has cast her as everyone from a latter-day Joan of Arc to a "Tabloid Feminist." When I asked Allred what she makes of the media's derision, she was dismissive: "I don't really care how I'm perceived. Frankly, Scarlett, I don't give a damn. I just want justice for women. I have to be a strong advocate, and all I care about is winning for my clients."

"My view is that women are hurt more than men," she said. "That men, because they have more access to power and wealth, are more likely to use it to hurt women." Both might lie to each other, but "I think it's definitely more devastating to women, emotionally and financially. Women are socialized from birth to believe in men, to believe men will protect them." If she saw any dissonance between the deprivation that had motivated the suffragettes and the situation that faced Blitsch and Ryncarz, Allred wasn't showing it. "I'm never satisfied with the status and condition of women. Why would I be?"

Full article The Avenger http://www.elle.com/fashion/a12537/gloria-allred-the-avenger/

If today it sometimes seems as though Ms. Allred is living in the nascent feminism of the 1970s, so, in a way, are many of her firm’s less visible clients: women (and men) who have been sexually harassed or fondled at work, girls who’ve been molested, or female prison inmates forced to wear handcuffs while delivering their babies. Those who support Ms. Allred argue that cases like those of Ms. Lorenzana and Citibank fit into this galaxy — but with tabloid glare, notoriety and guaranteed publicity thrown into the mix.

Thane Rosenbaum, a novelist and law professor at Fordham University, sees Ms. Allred as what he calls “a moral attorney,” which he defines as someone who takes on a case without any thought for her own reputation or even whether she’s going to win or lose in the courtroom.

“She represents people who we might not want to go to lunch with,” Mr. Rosenbaum said, “and she ruffles the feathers of people who think lawyers should confine themselves to the courtroom. She takes on issues that are too messy for the courtroom. Some people think it’s salacious, what she’s bringing into the public square. She’s in effect saying: ‘I move the ball out of this arena and take it into this arena. Being a quiet, demure woman will get this case nowhere.’ ”

“These women have no money, no power. There are very serious consequences when women are not empowered. Humiliation, depression, poverty.”

She put on her do-not-mess-with-me face. “It is very frightening to feel alone when you are standing against a rich and powerful person and all his attendant helpers,” she said. “It’s dangerous out there.” It’s the Wild West. People come to me to tell them how to manage the maelstrom. And the defense” — here she allows herself a little smile — “the defense just hopes the woman doesn’t hire Gloria Allred.”

“The concept of fairness is always culturally defined,” she said. “Even here, where we think we are such an advanced nation, people advise women to grin and bear harassment in the workplace. I say, ‘Do complain.’ It’s only going to get worse. We have rights so that we don’t have to go like beggars with cups in our hands asking for mercy. We have to be heard in the court of public opinion as well as in the actual courts. Silence is the enemy.”

Full article: The Avenger (same title, different article) by Laurie Winer

[LaydeeBug]

1. Silence is our enemy.

That's how I feel about the election. Not talking about it will only enable it to happen again.

[CousinIT]

2. True. When it comes to abuse of women or abuse of political power....

...silence is our enemy.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. Yep, misogynists would really like for women to STFU. Especially abused women.

And often that's easier. Allred is trying to make less difficult for women to speak up and seek justice.

[mopinko]

3. imho, the power of the peepee tape is

that it will show that jane doe's allegations are credible.
this is more than peepee. he hurt those girls. i dont doubt it. and they were girls, too. underage girls. bet on it.

[roamer65]

5. Bingo, mopinko. Bingo.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

7. I can't blame anyone for the jokes. It's too much of a

(sorry) golden opportunity. But, I hope it doesn't distract any of us from taking the sexual misconduct allegations against DT seriously.

[smirkymonkey]

4. K&R

[meow2u3]

8. Translation: The RW hates Gloria Allred because

She takes zero shit from rich, powerful, predatory men out to humiliate women.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

12. Exactly!

And I, for one, admire the hell out of her for it.

[JI7]

9. because she doesnt "stay in her place".

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

13. The RW has a place for everyone. They're actually pro-choice.

Women: kitchen or bedroom
Minorities: ghetto or prison
LGBTQIA: a public restroom you're not comfortable with or Hell

It's nice to have options.

[someoneeelse]

10. ...

They hate lawyers.

If you are a mega millionaire responsible for poisoning 1000's of people, why should a lawyer be able to sue you? How can they protect their own wealth without protecting themselves.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

14. Not all lawyers, though, right?

They love the ones who make sure they get away with murder, both literally and figuratively.

[democrank]

11. Gloria Allred challenges the accepted, standard practices of life in the RW world.

I respect that Allred is fearless, courageous, outspoken....a person who goes to bat for many women who are up against a lot of powerful "she probably asked for it" men.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

15. Me too. We could use more like her.

Especially now.